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Like most bushes, shrubs, and small trees, fig trees can benefit from being pruned early in the season. “Spring is the best time for formative pruning of your fig trees,” Douglas says.
Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection.In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not ...
The tree will be adopted by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services and the highway project will be rerouted. [3] The fig tree is considered sacred by the Kikuyu. [5] Mugumo trees, including the Waiyaki Way tree, are traditionally used as shrines or places of worship. Cutting down mugumo trees is taboo in Kikuyu culture. [4]
These measures were bound to fail. Shortly before Kenya gained independence from the British, the fig tree was struck by lightning and began to wither rapidly. On 12 December 1963 when Kenya officially became an independent state, the tree had decayed and died thereby fulfilling Chege wa Kibiru's prophecy over a century earlier. [citation needed]
In Kikuyu religion, the sycomore is a sacred tree. All sacrifices to Ngai (or Murungu), the supreme creator, were performed under the tree. Whenever the mugumo tree fell, it symbolised a bad omen and rituals had to be performed by elders in the society. Some of those ceremonies carried out under the Mugumo tree are still observed. [22] [23]
The Ficus thonningii tree is widely regarded as a holy tree among the Agikuyu and Mount Kenyan tribes. When praying for rain, an elder performs a sacrifice to Ngai (God) by fanning the smoke of a roasted, fattened lamb up the tree (Mugumo), inviting Ngai (God) to descend from above the clouds for the feast.
Ficus altissima, commonly known as the council tree [3] and lofty fig, is a species of flowering plant, a fig tree in the family Moraceae. It is a large, stately evergreen hemiepiphyte and is native to southeastern Asia .
A non-climbing fig, the trunk has a smooth, straight bole, with smooth bark and fluted with buttress roots. The leaf veins are coloured yellow, and the entire leaf becomes bright yellow after it falls from the tree. This is a tree with buttress roots that ranges from 8–40 m (26–131 ft) tall. [6]