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Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Mulberry Family native to eastern Australia, from the Wide Bay–Burnett region in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, as well as Lord Howe Island where the subspecies F. m. columnaris is a banyan form covering 2.5 acres (a hectare) or more of ground.
Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree located in Santa Barbara, California is believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the United States. [1] An Australian seaman visiting Santa Barbara in 1876 presented a seedling of an Australian Moreton Bay fig tree to a local girl who planted it at 201 State Street.
Common fig (Ficus carica), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit Curtain fig ( Ficus microcarpa ), also known as Chinese Banyan, Malayan Banyan, Taiwan Banyan, Indian Laurel Moreton Bay fig ( Ficus macrophylla ), a tree with buttress roots that can reach 60 meters (200 ft) in height
The Moreton Bay fig tree in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles is a large Ficus macrophylla (commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan) tree that was planted in 1875 and landmarked in 1963. [1] The St. John's Presbyterian Church complex around the tree was established in 1962. [2]
The Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea) is also native to South Florida and the Caribbean islands, and distinguished from the above by its coarser leaf venation. [citation needed] The Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) and Port Jackson fig (Ficus rubiginosa) are other related species. [citation needed]
Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree – a F. macrophylla; Sri Maha Bodhi – another F. religiosa, planted in 288 BCE, the oldest human-planted tree on record; The Barren Fig Tree – Matthew 21:19 of the Christian Bible, Jesus put a curse on the tree and used this as an example for believers of the promise of the power faith in the only true God.
Ficus watkinsiana, commonly known as strangler fig, Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to Australia.The species exists in three populations—one in northeast Queensland and the others in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. [1]
Ficus henneana can grow to 35 metres (115 ft) in height in the best sites, or a smaller spreading tree on exposed rocky slopes. Like other strangler figs it is a hemi-epiphyte. The bark is grey or reddish brown. Rough with scales, cracks and vertical bumps. The base of the tree is buttressed, but not as prominently as in the Moreton Bay fig ...