Description: The fig tree is originally from tropical zones, but its cultivation is also very frequent in the Mediterranean regions. In the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória there are still several trees. According to the Hindu tradition, dried figs purify the blood when left in milk overnight and eaten in the morning. (*)
Provided by: Unknown resident
Present Location: Vitória Garden Collection (although there is a will to transplant this Fig tree to the garden, its dimension associated with the technical difficulties, have made it impossible for its transplanting. Thus, it remains there nowadays after the demolition of the neighborhood. It has become part of the landscape of the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória).
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after its demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
