Banyan - Plant Encyclopedia Results

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Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with grey trunk and green leaves, a massive tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) reaching upward with a dense canopy of thick green foliage.

Botanical names: Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica

Common name: Banyan Tree

Family: Moraceae

Origin: South Asia

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USDA Zone: 10b-11

Large tree taller than 20 ftSemi-shadeFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryEthnomedical plant. Plants marked as ethnomedical and/or described as medicinal, are not offered as medicine but rather as ornamentals or plant collectibles. Ethnomedical statements / products have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We urge all customers to consult a physician before using any supplements, herbals or medicines advertised here or elsewhere.Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Ficus benghalensis, commonly known as Banyan Tree or Indian Banyan, is a massive evergreen tree in the Moraceae family native to the Indian subcontinent. Renowned as India's national tree, it is one of the largest canopy-forming trees in the world. Mature specimens produce numerous aerial roots that descend from the branches, eventually thickening into pillar-like trunks that support the expanding crown. Over time, a single tree can spread across several acres, creating the appearance of an entire grove. Its large, leathery leaves and impressive architecture make it one of the most iconic tropical trees.

Small fig-like fruits ripen from green to red and provide an important food source for birds and other wildlife. Ficus benghalensis grows best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil with regular moisture, although established trees tolerate seasonal drought. Hardy in USDA Zones 10-12, it is widely planted as a shade and landscape tree in tropical and subtropical regions, while young plants are also popular as container specimens and bonsai subjects. Revered for centuries in Hinduism and Buddhism, the banyan symbolizes longevity, strength, and shelter, and many ancient trees remain important cultural and community landmarks.


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Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) cluster of red fruit on a branch in close up.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) showing a cluster of round red fruit among large green leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) tan tree showing massive aerial roots and thick green leaves
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick tan aerial roots connecting to branches and green leaves
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with green leaves and tan trunk in a large plant structure
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick tan aerial roots hanging from heavy green foliage branches
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick grey bark and sprawling roots, a massive woody tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick grey bark and wide roots covering the bare ground.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with its wide green leaves and thick light grey trunk tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with dense green leaves and a thick, woody trunk structure.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with red fruit and green yellow leaves on a tree branch.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with its round red fruit and mix of green yellow leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with red fruit and green leaves on branches close up
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) branch densely covered in round red fruit among wide green leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) red fruit on a branch with smooth wide green leaves
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) red fruit sits upon a thick woody stem among wide leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with grey trunk and green leaves, a massive mature tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with extensive aerial roots hanging from wide spreading thick heavy branches.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with green leaves and light grey bark on tree branches.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with green foliage and light grey branches reaching out in sunlight.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) dark green leaves close up with visible yellow veins and stem
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) large, leathery, dark green leaf with thick, yellow primary veins.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick tan branches and broad green oval plant leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) showing thick tan stems and large broad green oval-shaped foliage.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with green leaves and small red fruit on a tree
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with many broad green leaves and round red fruit on branches.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with round red fruit and green leaves in close up view.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) showing round red fruit nestled among smooth wide green leaves on branches.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with light tan bark and thick green canopy tree image.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with massive trunk and reaching branches laden with many green leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) green leaves close up showing waxy surface and visible light veins.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) dense foliage showing oval leaves with smooth edges and clear vein lines.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with round red fruit and thick green leaves, close up.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) branches carry clusters of small round red fruit and wide leaves.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) green leaves on a plant trunk in the ground.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) showing thick, waxy oval green leaves on a sturdy woody trunk.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with grey trunk and green leaves, a massive mature tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) displaying a complex network of aerial roots beneath a wide green canopy.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick green leaves and round red fruit on the plant.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) dense canopy with broad green foliage and small rounded red fruit clusters.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) gray trunks with green canopy foliage tree, wide reaching roots
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick gray trunks, aerial roots, and dense green canopy leaves.
Ficus benghalensis, planted in 1927 as a sapling circa and the Thomas Alva Edison statue.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with grey trunks and green leaves in dense plant cluster
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with thick grey trunks and deep green leaves spreading overhead
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with green leaves and small red fruit on a large tree
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) stands tall with green foliage and numerous small red fruit hanging down.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) red fruit on tree branches close up
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) clusters of round red fruit among large green leaves
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with round red fruit and thick green leaves on branches
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) branches carry dense clusters of red fruit amidst thick green foliage
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with massive green canopy and hanging aerial roots tree.
Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree) with sprawling foliage and long roots hanging from thick branches.


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Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves on thin branches in close up view.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with small oval green leaves on flexible woody hanging branches.

Botanical name: Ficus microcarpa

Common names: Chinese banyan, Indian Laurel

Family: Moraceae

Origin: Many Tropical regions Of the World

USDA Zone: 10-11

Plant used for bonsaiLarge tree taller than 20 ftFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels drySeaside, salt tolerant plant

Ficus microcarpa, commonly known as Chinese Banyan, Indian Laurel Fig, or Ginseng Ficus, is an evergreen tree in the Moraceae family, native from tropical Asia to Australia and the western Pacific. In tropical landscapes it may reach 50-60 ft (15-18 m) or more, developing a broad dense crown, smooth gray bark, and numerous aerial roots in humid conditions. Small figs are eaten by birds and other animals, which disperse the tiny seeds. Seedlings can establish in tree crotches, walls, and even cracks in masonry; when growing epiphytically, they may send roots to the ground and eventually develop the strangling habit characteristic of many banyan figs. Outside its native range, establishment may depend on the presence of its specialized pollinating fig wasp; introduction of the pollinator has allowed the tree to reproduce and naturalize in some tropical regions.

Ficus microcarpa grows best in full sun to bright filtered light with regular water and well-drained soil and is suited to USDA Zones 10-11. It tolerates pruning exceptionally well and is widely grown as bonsai or a container specimen. High humidity encourages aerial roots, an especially desirable feature in bonsai culture. Landscape trees need ample space because roots can become massive and damage pavement or structures. Pruning releases milky latex that may irritate sensitive skin.


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Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) green leaves growing on branches, close up of plant foliage.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) showing dense green leaves along flexible brown woody branches and stems.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) tree with green rounded leaves and small red fruit clusters
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) tree covered in thick green rounded leaves with tiny round fruit
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) plant with green oval leaves in a dark red container.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) plant stands in a rustic dark red pot on wooden surface.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with variegated green white leaves and round pale fruit close up
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) foliage with light green and white colors alongside small round fruit
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves on a dense tree branch structure.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) tree with many small glossy green leaves and wood branches.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves and light tan bark tree, low angle view.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) tree with dense green canopy and smooth light tan woody trunk.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with dense green leaves on a woody tree trunk branch
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) stems with thick glossy green leaves grouped in a dense rounded canopy
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves and small pink fruit in close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) showing thick green oval leaves beside small ripening pink fruit close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with pink fruit, close up of smooth green oval leaves
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) fruit nestles between thick green leaves near a central brown stem.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with dense green leaves, a low sprawling plant close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with thick rounded green leaves growing low to the ground.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves and small round fruit in a close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) foliage with rounded green leaves and small spotted fruit clusters visible.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with round green leaves and small red fruit close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) leaves with small round red fruit clustered among thick foliage.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) green leaves with small speckled fruit in a close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) showing round green leaves and small ripening speckled fruit clusters.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves on plant in a brown pot close up
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves situated inside a brown plastic pot near purple flowers
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with round red fruit and thick green leaves, close up.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with rounded red fruit nestled among smooth waxy green oval foliage.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with thick grey bark and dense green leaves on tree
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with heavy grey trunks spreading above the ground
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) plant with variegated green and white leaves in brown container.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) growing in a brown pot with variegated green and white leaves.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green and white variegated leaves close up on plant
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) leaves with distinct green centers and creamy white edges in close up
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with massive trunk and tangled green branches near park benches.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with large thick trunk and heavy branches spreading above park benches.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) beige thick trunk plant, close up, textured bark, tree wood
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) showing thick beige trunk wood with several cut branches near soil.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) green plant with many small leaves in a wide container.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) growing within a shallow brown container on a wooden surface.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) plant with thick light gray trunk and dense green leaves.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with dense green leaves spreading over a thick light gray trunk.
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) with green leaves on a thick woody trunk plant bonsai
Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) bonsai with a wide canopy of small green leaves in container


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Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) plant with green leaves and thick tan trunks in pot.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) sits in a brown container with exposed roots and green leaves.

Botanical name: Ficus citrifolia

Common names: Shortleaf Fig, Florida Banyan, Giant Bearded Fig, Wild Banyantree, Wimba Tree

Family: Moraceae

Origin: Central America

USDA Zone: 10-11

Plant used for bonsaiLarge tree taller than 20 ftFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Regular. Let topsoil dry slightlyEdible plantFlood tolerant plant

Ficus citrifolia can grow up to 18 metres tall. The bole can be 75cm in diameter The plant often begins life as an epiphyte, growing in the branch of another tree; as it grows older it sends down aerial roots which, when they reach the ground quickly form roots and become much thicker and more vigorous. They supply nutrients to the fig, allowing it to grow faster than the host tree.

The roundish fruit is greenish, often brown dotted, turning reddish and brownish at maturity, about 10mm in diameter. Fleshy, but with very little flavor.

See articleabout Ficus citrifolia by Mark Hooten


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Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) green plant with exposed roots in a brown round pot.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) with exposed roots growing in a circular brown container.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) with grey exposed roots and trunk on a container plant
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) with thick textured grey roots extending into soil inside a container.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) gray roots in brown pot, plant base with hanging aerial roots.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) in a brown pot, exposing thick tangled roots and woody base.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) with grey trunks and brown aerial roots in a ceramic plant
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) trunks with dangling roots sitting inside a round brown container
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) grey trunk and green leaves forming massive tree plant structure.
Ficus citrifolia (Shortleaf Fig) massive trunk with dense green leaves overhead and person standing nearby.


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Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) green leaves with round red fruit in a close up
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) with oval green leaves and small round red fruit on branches

Botanical name: Ficus kurzii

Common name: Burmese Banyan

Family: Moraceae

Origin: Southeast Asia

USDA Zone: 9-10

Plant used for bonsaiLarge tree taller than 20 ftSemi-shadeShadeFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Regular. Let topsoil dry slightly

Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) green aerial roots on a large tree trunk close up view
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) intricate network of woody roots climbing and wrapping around the main trunk
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) tree with dark green leaves and thick woody brown trunk structure
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) tree with dense green foliage and many hanging woody aerial roots
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) green fruit close up with smooth narrow pointed leaves on branch
Ficus kurzii (Burmese Banyan) hanging small round fruit amid smooth green pointed leaves on stems


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