Chinese Banyan 榕樹

Ficus microcarpa

Moraceae

Interesting Fact #1: "Flowers" of Chinese Banyan

Interesting Fact #2: Pollination

Video Clips of Chinese Banyan

Tree Label Design Showcase

References

Hong Kong Herbarium (2022). HK Plant Database: Ficus microcarpa. Retrieved from 26 April 2022, from https://herbarium.gov.hk/en/hk-plant-database/plant-detail/index.html?pType=species&oID=3055

Hung, L. F., & Kuo-Huang, L. L. (1997). Ultrastructural Study on the Development of Lenticels of Ficus microcarpa L. f. Taiwania-Taipei, 42, 296-306.

Jim, C. Y. (2014). Ecology and conservation of strangler figs in urban wall habitats. Urban Ecosystems, 17(2), 405-426.

Liu, L., Fu, X., & Chen, X. (2016). The transpiration and moisture absorption characteristics of Ficus microcarpa (L.) aerial roots in the south of China. Pak. J. Bot, 48(4), 1473-1479.

Wang, R., Aylwin, R., Barwell, L., Chen, X. Y., Chen, Y., Chou, L. S., Cobb, J., Collette, D., Craine, L., Giblin-Davis, R., Ghana, S., Harper, M., Harrison, R. D., McPherson, J. R., Peng, Y. Q., Pereira, R. A. S., Reyes-Betancort, A., Rodriguez, L. J. V., Strange, E., Noort, S. V., Yang, H. W., Yu, H., & Compton, S. G., (2015). The fig wasp followers and colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 8(4), 322-336.