EcoFlora - Ficus benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis L.
Family: Moraceae Indian Banyan [Ficus chauvieri G. Nicholson, moreFicus krishnae DC.]	FNA Resources Richard P. Wunderlin in Flora of North America (vol. 3) Trees , evergreen, to 30 m. Roots aerial, often descending to ground level and forming pillar-roots Bark of trunks and older branches brown, smooth. Branchlets puberulent, glabrescent in age. Leaves: stipules stout, 1.5-2.5 cm; petiole 1.5-7 cm. Leaf blade ovate, 10-30 × 7-20 cm, leathery, base cordate, margins entire, apex obtuse; surfaces abaxially puberulent, adaxially glabrous; basal veins (2-)3-4 pairs, 1/3-1/2 length of blade, reticulations regular; lateral veins 5-6(-7) pairs. Syconia paired, sessile, orange or red, depressed-globose, 1.5-2 × 2-2.5 mm, pubescent; subtending bracts ovate, 3-7 mm, puberulous; ostiole closed by 3 flat or nearly umbonate apical bracts 3-4 mm wide. Flowering all year. Disturbed thickets; 0-10 m; introduced; Fla.; Asia (native to Pakistan and India).
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