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Banyan tree: large tree, 15-25 meters high, trunk diameter up to 50 centimeters, crown widely spread; old trees often have rust-brown aerial roots. The bark is dark gray. The leaves are thin and leathery, narrowly elliptical, the surface is dark green, glossy, and entire. The banyan fruit is paired axillary or on the fallen leaves, maturing to yellow or slightly red, flat spherical, basilar bracts 3, broadly ovate, persistent; male flowers, female flowers, and galls are born in the same banyan fruit, with a few short bristles between the flowers; the perianth segments are 3, broadly ovate, the style is nearly lateral, the stigma is short, clavate. The drupe is ovate. Flowering period is May to June.
The banyan tree is recognized as the provincial tree of Fujian, and it is also considered the city tree in Fuzhou and Ganzhou.
Distributed in China, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, extending to the Caroline Islands.
Banyan (Ficus microcarpa), tree height 20-30m, trunk diameter up to 2m; the crown is very extensive, with unique plank roots exposed on the ground, 3-4m wide, like a fence. It has aerial roots, thin and hanging, and enters the ground to form roots, resembling pillars; the crown is large, broadly ovate or umbrella-shaped; the bark is gray-brown, the branches and leaves are dense, shading the ground, very spectacular. The leaves are leathery, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, sometimes obovate, 4-10cm long, entire or shallowly wavy, the apex is obtuse, the base is nearly rounded, simple leaves are alternate, the leaf surface is dark green, glossy, hairless. The hidden fruit is axillary, nearly spherical, initially milky white, maturing to yellow or pale red, flowering period is May to June, fruit diameter about 0.8cm. Fruit maturity is September to October. The banyan fruit is the favorite food of the绣眼鸟 (Zosterops). The flowers are small, like tiny balls, maturing from green to red. They are the favorite food of small birds.
Banyan trees mostly grow in tropical rainforest areas with high temperature, humidity, and abundant rainfall.
Mainly distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Ganzhou in Jiangxi, Yongzhou and Chenzhou in Hunan, Taiwan, southern Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guizhou. Also distributed in India, Myanmar, and Malaysia.
Banyan trees are an important wild food source. In the Xishuangbanna region, the main banyan trees used as vegetables include Ficus carica, Ficus pyriformis, Ficus pumila, Ficus altissima, Ficus racemosa, Ficus langkokensis, and Ficus virens.Woody wild vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, as well as cellulose and bitter substances that aid in digestion. The Dai people commonly believe that regularly eating the tender branches and leaves of woody plants can promote health and longevity, and can also help girls maintain a slim figure. It is also an important ethnic medicinal plant, with 9 species of banyan trees commonly used to treat various diseases, including roots, bark, leaves, and tree sap.
Among the Ficus plants, there are 17 species with plank roots, 26 species with aerial or prop roots, 8 species with cauliflory, 24 species that are epiphytes in the seedling stage, and 21 species that develop into trees or large trees through the strangling plant stage as the banyan trees grow, forming a single tree forest. These special ecological phenomena form a garden landscape. Many banyan trees have spreading crowns and dense shade, and have always been traditional courtyard plants, such as the strangler fig, the bodhi tree, the weeping fig, and the banyan. Some species of Ficus have become important ornamental trees in gardens, cultivated into various horticultural varieties with typical prop roots, such as the weeping fig and the banyan, which have more than ten horticultural varieties.
Southern trees, marked by banyan, it is said in a book that banyan does not exceed Ji, and it is not seen north of Ji'an, which is a geographical limitation.
Ficus microcarpa, is the main variety of banyan trees in Fuzhou, followed by Ficus altissima. Ficus ginseng is the best choice for making bonsai, with roots as fat as ginseng or radishes.
The banyan tree is a large tree, with a sky-high momentum. Lean against the tree, you can support a shed, which is a rural teahouse, with several bamboo chairs, several small tables, teacups and teapots, the sound of the river and cicadas, is a long-lost childhood.
The banyan tree looks like a green mountain. The banyan tree grows more with each pruning; an uncut branch grows straight, while another branch, pruned, grows a branch in the next node, slanting east and west, a lush green.
The most beautiful part of the banyan tree is its roots, which are twisted and irregular, with no fundamental difference between the roots and the tree. Many species of banyan trees have plank root phenomena, cauliflory, aerial gardens, and strangling phenomena, with unique and magnificent landscapes, reflecting the important characteristics of tropical rainforests; while some species are considered by local ethnic groups as sacred (dragon) trees and Buddha trees, forming a unique ethnic banyan tree culture.
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