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+Please meet Prutske, the only tree we found with a real name!
+And what a name.
+Prutske is the Flemish Brussels word for 'a tiny little thing of no value'. The name appears in the database of remarkable trees [[http://bomen-inventaris.irisnet.be/arbre/Brussel_Beursplein_Beursplein/990/]], an initiative of the Heritage department of the Brussels Capital Region.
+If anyone knows the story of how this name was given, please contact bxl@fo.am!
+Prutske has been registered since 2002, but we don't know his exact age.
+The database of Remarkable Trees in Brussels has no legal value yet. The trees listed in here can be added by anyone, if only some criteria are respected.
+The best way to greet Prutske is to take away some of the garbage that his roots seem to collect easily. Prutske is said to be in weak condition. So any love you can give in any form will be highly appreciated.
+So what makes Prutske a remarkable tree?
+First of all, Prutske is a rare migrant. His origins lie near the Mediterranean. A fig tree can only survive in a sunny area and when it is protected from the wind. The presence of this fig tree in the middle of the city centre can be called highly unsuspected and surprising. Secondly, following the database, it is the 3rd biggest fig tree of its species in the Brussels Region. And finally, you can observe fruits – sometimes dry – all year long. Prutske must be a cultivated fig tree, because in order to produce fruits, a fig tree needs the help of the fig wasp, a tiny wasp that cannot survive in our regions.
+The symbiotical story of the wasp and the fig tree is beautifully portrayed in The Queen of Trees, Deeble & Stone, 2005. Watch on youtube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy86ak2fQJM]].
+While you walk to the next tree, try to think of the kind of relationships and networks trees maintain in the city. It is very different to the networks of trees in the forest. But after all, just like human beings, trees are at the same time needed and needy.
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