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Written by Bonsai King
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Monday, 14 December 2009 09:55 |
Local Name:
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Balete, Chinese Banyan, Malayan Banyan, Indian Laurel, Curtain Fig
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Scientific Name:
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Ficus microcarpa, Ficus retusa
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Family:
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Moraceae
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Habitat
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| Native in Ceylon to Indian, in all of South East Asia, and Southern China. Distributed as an ornamental plant used as street trees in warm climates. |
Propagation
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Seeds, Cuttings of stems and mature aerial roots, and Air Layering,
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Comments
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| Ficus Microcarpa, is a huge tree growing up to 60 feet tall and 65 feet wide. The rounded canopy is dense, and gracefully drooping branches of similar to a weeping fig made it quite popular as a landscape tree. The thick, shiny, two to five-inch-long, evergreen leaves generously clothes the long branches, and the tiny figs eventually turn a deep red. Branches will weep toward the ground forming a canopy so dense that nothing grows beneath it. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 14:31 |
