Description
Make your home garden attractive and beautiful by growing an excellent tropical foliage plant.
| Sr | Item name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Banyan, Ficus Microcarpa nitida (Retusa) - Plant |
Ficus microcarpa is an evergreen tree in Moraceae family with a rounded dense crown, smooth gray bark, milky sap, and long, thin, dangling aerial roots. Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, deep glossy green, oval elliptic to diamond shaped.
Flowers tiny, unisexual, numerous, hidden within the,fig, a fleshy, specialized receptacle that develops into multiple fruits.Plant Specifications
| Plant Height | 12 inch (30 cm) |
| Plant Spread | 6 inch (15 cm) |
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
| Common Name | Chinese Banyan, Indian laurel, shining leaved fig, Malayan banyan, Taiwan banyan, curtain fig, gajumaru |
| Maximum Reachable Height | Up to 50 feet |
| Flower Colour | Orange |
| Bloom Time | March-May |
| Difficulty Level | Very easy to grow |
Planting and care
Mulch with an organic material, such as dry grass clippings, straw, aged manure, or a mixture of these.
Chinese Banyan care
| Sunlight | |
| Watering | |
| Soil | |
| Temperature | 20 to 40 degrees C |
| Fertilizer |
Chinese Banyan uses
Ornamental Use:
- Good to keep inside homes and terraces as specimen plant, foliage plant etc
Medicinal Use:
- It is found to have good healing property and is used in preparation of oils and ointments for external application in the treatment of ulcers
- Note- Please consults your health advisor before application or consuming of plants or plant parts