Ficus Palmata

Is that a wild guess, Herman, or are you comparing it to a fig you are familiar with? I checked out Ficus Palmata and can't find much on it.

No guess that leaf is what only palmata hybrids have.
I hope you chosed a general leaf that represent tha majority of leafes on that tree.If you did then you got a Palmata hybrid.

Herman,

What about this leaf dictates its from F. Palmata? I have a couple of unidentified trees with leaves "similar" to this one, but I don't know what you see in this picture to distinguish the leaf from other any other truncate based leaf?

Thanks,
~james

See Dfic 23 at UC Davis.
It is the only Ficus Palmata/Ficus Carica Hybrid.
Take note of the OBSERVATION.
It will SAy:Leaflobe:ENTIRE
It is the only ficus palmata hybrid fethered and the only one with entire leaf.Here is a picture of the original wild fig ,ficus palmata.This fig escaped in the wild in California and it will freely crose with ficus Carica where the fig wasp is present.
The results ;The resulting hybrids are imune to Mosaic Virus so much present in California.That is because Ficus Palmata is imune to Mosaic virus and pases this quality to it's seadlings.Hope this will Help

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Its difficult to tell from Figfarmer's picture because of the shadow, however, it doesn't look like the leaf is toothed the same way the leaves in the pictures from UC Davis. Also Figfarmer's leaf is more rounded at the tip while the Palmata/Carica's leaf comes to a more defined point.

~james

James, I had the exact same immediate impression about the more sharply-defined leaf tip in the picture compared to the rounded-ness of the one Figfarmer had - it didn't look the same to me.

Sherry
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The best discussion on one of my mystery figs so far. My best recollection of the leaves is that they varied from entirely palmate to three lobed. I will take pictures of many leaves come June when the tree is in full leaf and we can further discuss this issue. Thanks for all the replies. FigFarmer

This is the tree in question. (That's my brother-in-law in the picture). Looking closely, you'll see different leaf shapes on the same tree. It is an old tree on a very old farm. Pretty sure it is alot different than Ficus Palmata. FF

Hi figfarmer:Now you are getting the right picture:
This fig is mostly three lobed and therefore is not Ficus Palmata.With at least eight hundreds of known fig cultivars it is very hard for someone to say exactly the right name and be right.So if it tastes good is a good fig to me.Regards

Hi FigFarmer, Would you be so kind as to sell some cuttings from this fig tree? I would love to grow this variety.