Chinese Banyan | Ficus Microcarpa Nitida (Retusa) | Panda Ficus (long leaves) | پانڈا فائیکس| فائیکس مائیکروکارپا

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Ficus microcarpa is a tropical tree with smooth light-grey bark and entire oblanceolate leaves.
It’s a local variant. We also have imported variant in the stock as well.

SKU: ETL-1052 Categories: Outdoor Plants, TREES Tags: Annual Plants, Flower in Spring, green leaves, Orange Flowers, Outdoor Plants, Sun Lovers, Trees

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Description for Chinese Banyan, Ficus Microcarpa Nitida (Retusa)

It is an evergreen tree to 15 m or more in height, with a rounded dense crown, smooth gray bark, milky sap, and long, thin, dangling aerial roots. Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, deep glossy green, oval-elliptic to diamond-shaped. Flowers tiny, unisexual, numerous, hidden within the â€œfig,â€ a fleshy, specialized receptacle that develops into multiple fruits.

Common name	Flower colours	Bloom time	Height	Difficulty
Chinese Banyan, Indian laurel, shining leaved fig, Malayan banyan, Taiwan banyan, curtain fig, gajumaru	Orange	March-May	Up to 50 feet	Very easy to grow

Planting and care

The plant performs best in big size containers.

Sunlight	Soil	Water	Temperature	Fertilizer
Full sun, Partial sun	Loamy soil	Medium	20 to 40 degrees C	Use any organic fertilizer

Caring for Chinese Banyan

Mulch with an organic material, such as dry grass clippings, straw, aged manure, or a mixture of these.

Harvesting

Typical uses of Chinese Banyan

Special features: It is an evergreen tree.

Culinary use: NA

Ornamental use: Good to keep inside homes and terraces.

Medicinal use: It is found to have good healing property and is used in preparation of oils and ointments for external application in the treatment of ulcers.