Ficus microcarpa
COMMON NAME | Chinese banyan,
Malayan banyan |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Moraceae |
NOTES | Evergreen tree up to
30 m tall, with a rounded or flattened crown shape and numerous, slender
aerial roots hanging down from the branches, and twigs. These roots
eventually develop into stout, pillar roots. It is one type of strangler fig
and may begin life as an epiphyte. This species resembles Ficus benjamina,
but its twigs do not droop and the leaf tip is usually more blunt. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Native to Sri Lanka, India, southern
China, Insulinde, Ryukyu Islands, Australia and New Caledonia |
NATIVE HABITAT | Grows in widely
varying locations, from rocky sea coasts to limestone hills, and from swampy
ground near the sea to montane forest. |
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