Chinese Banyan - 細葉榕
Ficus microcarpa
Summary 2
Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Taiwan banyan, Indian laurel, curtain fig, or gajumaru (ガジュマル), is a tree native in the range from China through Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, Australia, the Ryukyu Islands, and New Caledonia. It is widely planted as a shade tree and frequently misidentified as F. retusa or as F. nitida (F. benjamina).
Did You Know? Saplings are considered to be very 'aggressive', as they can grow in the walls of buildings, bridges, highways, and other concrete structures. In urban areas of Hong Kong, they tend to grow in stonewalls yet polarise opinion. They are considered beautiful and an asset to the urban environment but they are also considered a risk as they could weaken structures in bad weather.
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- (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe
- Adapted by Shaun Martin from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_microcarpa
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