Arvind Kumar

Caprification is the process of hanging caprifig fruits (wild figs) on edible fig trees to facilitate pollination by fig wasps, which carry pollen from the caprifig to the edible fig flowers, ensuring fruit set.

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Caprification is the process of artificially pollinating fig trees, especially certain varieties that require pollination to produce edible fruit. It involves hanging wild figs (caprifigs), which contain fig wasps, onto cultivated fig trees. The fig wasps then transfer pollen from the caprifigs to the flowers inside the cultivated figs, enabling proper fruit development. This method has been practiced since ancient times, particularly in Mediterranean regions, to ensure a good fig harvest. Caprification is essential for varieties of figs that are not self-pollinating and rely on this unique symbiosis between the fig tree and the fig wasp.