Common Fig / Ficus carica

Photographed in the Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo on 24th January 2010.

"The Common Fig (Ficus carica) is a large, deciduous shrub or small tree native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to Portugal). Thousands of cultivars, most unnamed, have been developed or come into existence as human migration brought the fig to many places outside its natural range. It has been an important food crop for thousands of years, and was also thought to be highly beneficial in the diet. The edible fig is one of the first plants that was cultivated by humans."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig