PLANTS Profile for Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan)

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PLANTS Profile

Ficus microcarpa L. f.
Chinese banyan

Symbol:

FIMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Moraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Subshrub
Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I


Common Names:
	curtain fig
	laurel fig
	Malay banyan

More Information:

Images:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

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Synonyms:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

FIRE5

Ficus retusa auct.

Distribution:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

View 15 genera in Moraceae, 30 species in Ficus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Ficus microcarpa var. latifolia

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Moraceae – Mulberry family
Genus	Ficus L. – fig
Species	Ficus microcarpa L. f. – Chinese banyan

U.S. Weed Information:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

Chinese banyan
laurel fig

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC		Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Ficus microcarpa L. f.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 03:05 AM MDT