Never mind I just got off the phone with the State of California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services. I WILL NOT SHIP TO CALIFORNIA http://www.nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/california.pdf

Mine came from cuttings from a Tree in a former collection of California Rare Fruit Growers, San Diego, close to 20 years ago. That tree is now at Quail Gardens, Encinitas, CA. I do not know its' origin. It was supposedly imported by or for Pacific Tree Farms (out of business) in Chula Vista, CA about 10 years ago. A friend has that "strain", and I have a small tree from his. They appear identical, here in San Diego, though supposedly of different origins and/or arrival times. My understanding was that it was from the Madeira Is, bnut have no documentation.

Thitiponk –Black Madeira is one variety that you have to be very careful about buying, especially on eBay. A prominent nursery was selling what they thought was Black Madeira for a number of years and recently discovered it wasn’t that variety at all. But people bought it, made cuttings, sell plants they believe are BM, and the wrong BM fig continues to be sold. Also, sellers from Madeira Island sell cuttings of black figs which they call "Black Madeira", but are different also. These are all probably good figs, but not BM. Do a little homework on the fig forums before you buy it to make sure you're getting the real deal.

Although a great looking fig for me it just does not live up to the hype surrounding this cultivar but thats just me so take with grain of salt. Martin