(from the article `fig`) ...staminate (male) or pistillate (female). Long-styled female flowers are characteristic of the fruits of most garden and orchard fig trees. ... The fig wasp`s life cycle is typified in the caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris), a wild, inedible fig. Wasps mature from eggs deposited inside the ... [2 related ar... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/21