Actually, I know this tree because we had one outside our hospitals. We had a bench built around the trunk...The branches tend to cascade down like an umbrella, and if we couldn't find a patient, we'd often find them there relaxing. I don't ever remember getting fruit from it, however.
I just never thought it was the same one mentioned in the Bible, especially since there are so many fig tree species. Check out Figs4Fun webpage.
WIKIPEDIA LINK shows the range:
and PBS had a special about one of them a couple years back:
if you want to watch the whole thing, go to Youku...
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