Banyan tree

Ficus microcarpa

  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
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  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Banyan tree
  • Flower name
    Banyan tree
  • Scientific name
    Ficus microcarpa
  • Aliasバニヤン・ツリー, Banyan Tree, 榕樹, Chinese Banyan, 絞め殺しの木
  • Place of originSoutheast Asia, Okinawa
  • Place of floweringSubtropical region
  • Flowering seasonMay

What is Banyan tree

Banyan tree (scientific name:Ficus microcarpa) is evergreen tree of the moraceae family native to Southeast Asia.It lets a number of aerial roots develop and supports the tree into the soil. It becomes to 20 m height. It was known as strangler fig trees. As it is a Ficus plants ,it makes florets without the petal to a yellow-colored bud-formed spadix in May. However,it can not be seen from the outside to bloom in fruit. Because it is the entomophilous flower which depends on fig wasp for pollination, the seed is not born even if It made fruits when there is not this bee. The small red fruits made in August become the bait of the bird. It grows wild in the South-West Islands and is made planting as a windbreak.
It has the legend called the tree in Okinawa which a fairy pheasant mina lives in .

Common name: Banyan tree, Scientific name:Ficus microcarpa, aka: Banyan (Banyan Tree), Chinese Banyan, Lobular Banyon, Banyon Castle, Origin: Okinawa, Southeast Asia,Leaves: thick with shiny, leaf: oblong, leaf length: 5-8 cm, leaf arrangement: alternate, Monoecious, Inflorescence: spadix, flower diameter: 1-2 cm, color: pale yellow, yellow, flowering period: spring, fruiting period: August, fruit color: light pink, entomophilous: rasplus and symbiotic relationship.


  • Order
    Rosales
  • Family
    Moraceae
  • Genus
    Ficus
  • Species
    F. microcarpa
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Fleshy inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    without
  • Leaf type
    Oval
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeEvergreen tree
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height2000.0 ~ 2000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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