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Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕
Strangler with Many Roots
Monoecious 雌雄同株

Case Study 01 — Rapid Structural Colonization by Ficus benjamina

Ficus benjamina at a farm beside Ranau Petronas Station
 

Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕
Strangler with Many Roots
Monoecious

RANAU 2021-08-12 THU 13:18

Ficus benjamina is a woody evergreen plant that can grow from a shrub to a tree.

The tree branches are slim and slightly droopy. The overhanging branches look of the tree get the nickname weeping fig. This  weeping fig tree grows naturally in Asia and northern Australia.

A young Ficus benjamina strangler fig. The supporting tree can also be seen is now dead.

Jalan Alamesra 2021-08-09 MON  2:16

Strangler figs such as this young Ficus benjamina suck up the nutrients from its victimized host trees causing them to die eventually.

POLLINATOR of Ficus benjamina
Male ♂1.0mm
Female ♀1.2+0.8mm

NON-POLLINATOR of Ficus benjamina
Female ♀0.5+1.2+3.0mm
Male unknown
 

Trees comparison between Ficus benjamina and Ficus microcarpa

Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕
Strangler with Many Roots
With dropping branches
Location : Ranau Town

Ficus microcarpa 細葉榕
Stranglers with Many Roots
With upright crown and many free hanging aerial roots
Location : Papar Town
 

Leave comparision between Ficus benjamina and Ficus microcarpa

Left : Leave of Ficus microcarpa
Right : Leave of Ficus benjamina
 

Leave from Ficus benjamina

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