As she wrote in " Wild Figs and Secret Places, " a 1983 poem, " Memory is a mosquito / pregnant again / and out for blood ."
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At the entrance of the holy area are two wild fig trees called " kiltu " ( identified as " Ficus sycomorus " ) in the Oromo language.
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In folklore the wild fig tree is universally associated with sex because of its fertilising power, the shape of its fruits and the white viscous juice of the tree.
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East Orchard, a castle within the village, was built in 1691 by Roger Berkerolles; curiously, in 1843, a wild fig tree grew out of the cement of the chapel walls.
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Aristotle noted in " Historia animalium " that wild figs contain " psenes " that begin as grubs, but whose skin splits allowing the " psen " to fly out.
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Over several nights bats may carry more than a ton of seeds from a single wild fig tree, dramatically increasing the number of seedlings that will survive in new locations.
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It may be partly the legendary French thrift that has inspired cooks to use dandelion greens, foraged wild figs, frogs and snails, but the end result is a spectacularly varied menu.
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Then Tutela gave the convened signal to the Romans brandishing an ignited branch after climbing on the wild fig ( " caprificus " ) and hiding the fire with her mantle.
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This was claimed to mean " meeting place of the waters " in an Aboriginal language but others claimed translations include " a large fig " or " wild fig tree ".
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For generations, their female ancestors weaved " kiondo " baskets from fibers of the bark of baobab and wild fig trees that grow in the semiarid lands of what is now east-central Kenya.
