All Canary fig trees in a book.

In the study those varieties can be distinguished attending to their morphological characteristics are collected.

The 'Higueras de Canarias' study by Agueda Maria Gonzalez and Maria José Grajal-Martin del Canario Institute for Agricultural Research, ICIA, It presents those varieties of fig trees that can be distinguished in the Canary Islands basis of their morphological characteristics. For their common names, They have tried to choose the most used in the Islands.

The fig is a fruit of great importance in the Canary Islands, which becomes manifest this in the diversity of names for different varieties and the large number of place names that are in all the Islands.

This work contributes to the knowledge of fig varieties in the islands, thereby clarifying some of the problems of nomenclature (homonyms and synonyms). his characterization, propagation and subsequent conservation will prevent the loss of this material invaluable cultural and genetic, according to its authors.

those varieties can be distinguished attending to their morphological characteristics are presented, while at the molecular level it has been found greater diversity. We are aware of the controversy may raise proposed for some of fig varieties denomination, but it has tried to choose the most used in the Islands.

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