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Ficus carica L.
Engl.: common fig, edible fig, common fig-tree, fig tree.
Deu.: Echte Feige, Echter Feigenbaum, Feigenbaum, Kultur-Feige.
Sven.: fikon.
Suom.: viikuna, aitoviikuna.
Pharm.: fructus caricae.
Bot. syn.: Ficus caprificus Risso.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Herbal articles.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: Ellingwood 1908.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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