Cuban Laurel, Indian Laurel Fig, Green Island Fig, Chinese Banyan (Ficus microca

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 14, 2006

Cuban Laurel, Indian Laurel Fig, Green Island Fig, Chinese Banyan
Ficus microcarpa

In a plant show in zone 9b

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Jubaea Saint Malo, France(Zone 9a) May 26, 2008

cute young guy, but it's F_microcarpa, not F_benjamina ;-)

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) May 31, 2008

How can you tell?

The leaves look the same as this F. benjamina
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/166117/

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Jubaea Saint Malo, France(Zone 9a) Jun 02, 2008

F_benjamina leaves have a longer point, thinner texture; twigs are slender and tend to "weep".
F_microcarpa leaves & twigs are tougher.

F_benjamina is not often seen as a bonsai. Being basically a backwater tree, it drops leaves too easily with recurring droughts.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 02, 2008

OK, I agree.
I give the editors permission to switch the photo to the correct page.

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Jun 02, 2008

Thanks for working this out. The photo has been moved.

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