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Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Hill's weeping fig, small-fruited fig, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, or curtain fig, is a species of banyan tree in the family Moraceae. Its native range is from India to China and Japan, through Southeast Asia and the western Pacific to the state of Queensland in Australia, and it has been introduced to parts of the Americas and the Mediterranean. It was first described in 1782, and is a culturally significant plant in a number of Asian countries.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Ficus microcarpa
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Rosales
Habit: shrub