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A few figs are. Most are not.


There are 855 species of figs and almost every single one of them has a corresponding species of fig wasp that pollinates only that fig

"Most are not" only applies to figs you buy at the grocery store that are a variety of the Ficus carica species. This variety is sometimes able to fruit without pollination (sometimes requiring application of a fruiting hormone).

But the vast majority of figs are not the common fig and not this specific variety of the common fig




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