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Q.What Is The White Center In Fig Tree Trunks Or Stems?

Zone Louisiana | Anonymous added on November 27, 2021 | Answered

I have some thick fig stems that I’ve been using for carving and I’ve noticed a soft white center through all of them, it feels almost like a fungus, I’m just curious as to what this actually is??

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GKH_Susan
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Answered on November 29, 2021

The inside of the fig stems has a milky latex that when dry becomes soft.

https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/figpith.htm

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