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by Suppafly 637 days ago
>Keep in mind that banyan trees (those massive trees that can basically be a small forest in of themselves) are figs as well.

Do they produce fruit or are they just related to the fruiting ones?

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They are figs so they do produce the same kind of syconiums as figs but it's not really intended to be consumed by humans because it is small, tastes bitter, and can be a mild laxative. Plenty of other animals consume it tho and it's used a lot for feeding livestock.