For decades, the giant Moreton Bay fig tree in downtown Ventura has been a stately parasol, ... “That’s the biggest tree I ever saw!” said Nicholas Vik, 11.

The largest fig harvested so far off a tree growing in Jim and Rita Mellito's yard weighed in at 5 and a half ounces. The second biggest was 4 and a half ounces, and the third largest came in at 4.

Today California is the world’s third-largest fig producer. Cal-IPC rates the tree moderately invasive. Growing fairly fast to 15 to 30 feet tall and at least as wide, ...

Standing at more than 78 feet high, the tree isn’t just the third largest Moreton Bay Fig tree in the state, it’s also the most well-known at Balboa Park because of its large roots.