Ficus microcarpa
[Chinese Banyan, Malayan Banyan, Indian Laurel, Curtain Fig]
photo
DSC00874 (14)
photo
DSC01528 (09)
photo
DSC01531 (09)
photo
DSC04090 (09)
photo
DSC03975 (09)
photo
DSC03983 (09)
photo
DSC03980 (09)
photo
DSC01177 (08)
photo
DSC01174 (08)
photo
DSC01178 (08
photo
DSC03878 (09)
photo
DSC04003 (09)
HYBRID/CULTIVAR
thumbnail
thumbnail

Close-up views:

photo
DSC00201 (14)
photo
DSC06310 (14)
photo
DSC00200 (14)
photo
DSC06976 (14)

Many nurseries used the botanical name Ficus retusa for this fig which they sell as Bonsai. This is an error pointed out by E.J.H. Corner in the 1960s. The real Ficus retusa is supposed to be a strangling fig found in swamp forest.

The folded leaf below was infected by thrips, a very tiny elongated insect that is black in colour. This fig is reported to be a host plant for the Cuban Laurel Thrips (Gynaikothrips ficorum) based on several online sources. This particular fig plant where I took the folded leaf picture happened to be a young plant in my pot and the lone thrip was located on another leaf on this same plant.

photo
P2190025 (18)
photo
P2190027 (18)

| Next |