bikerlou47 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie888888 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Some type of strangler fig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbradster Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 It looks a bit like a severely pruned fig tree. Below is a weeping fig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtreelove Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Ficus microcarpa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitmig Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) Looks like a banyan tree to me (Ficus Urostigma). Edited May 28, 2011 by mitmig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtreelove Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Looks like a banyan tree to me (Ficus Urostigma). I'm a tree maintenance specialist, not a taxonomist, and I usually don't get into discussions on identificattion; I had to look that one up and learned something. you scientists and Ficus aficionados please correct me if I'm wrong. Urostigma apparently is a sub-genus of Ficus, and includes several species with heavy aerial roots, some called strangler figs and banyans. The most common of these in northern Thailand from what I've seen is Ficus benjamina (weeping Chinese banyan) a common house-plant in the US. Aerial roots are not so prolific as with some other species. Ficus altissima, a strangler fig is also common, and there is a large and famous one on Chiang Mai's Doi Suthep, on the trail up behind the Wat and the NP headquarters. Ficus benghalensis is the common banyan of India (and Hawaii). The most famous and the largest that I've seen is in Bengal, just outside of Calcutta. It covered about an acre in the early 70s when I saw it, the original trunk is long gone and the aerial roots have become multiple trunks and pillar supports for the extensive lateral branching. There is another famous banyan in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, and many large ones in Hilo on the big island. The leaves are larger than what appears in the OP and Danbradster's photos. Ficus elasitca, the house plant known as 'rubber plant' has a big leaf, and the mature trees get very large and have heavy aerial rooting. Ficus microcarpa is the small leaf Chinese banyan that is common as the famous Hong Kong island "wall trees". (Along with F. virens) And that's what I think danbradster is showing and maybe the OP as well. There are some in Thailand, but it's not so common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerlou47 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Looks like a banyan tree to me (Ficus Urostigma). I'm a tree maintenance specialist, not a taxonomist, and I usually don't get into discussions on identificattion; I had to look that one up and learned something. you scientists and Ficus aficionados please correct me if I'm wrong. Urostigma apparently is a sub-genus of Ficus, and includes several species with heavy aerial roots, some called strangler figs and banyans. The most common of these in northern Thailand from what I've seen is Ficus benjamina (weeping Chinese banyan) a common house-plant in the US. Aerial roots are not so prolific as with some other species. Ficus altissima, a strangler fig is also common, and there is a large and famous one on Chiang Mai's Doi Suthep, on the trail up behind the Wat and the NP headquarters. Ficus benghalensis is the common banyan of India (and Hawaii). The most famous and the largest that I've seen is in Bengal, just outside of Calcutta. It covered about an acre in the early 70s when I saw it, the original trunk is long gone and the aerial roots have become multiple trunks and pillar supports for the extensive lateral branching. There is another famous banyan in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, and many large ones in Hilo on the big island. The leaves are larger than what appears in the OP and Danbradster's photos. Ficus elasitca, the house plant known as 'rubber plant' has a big leaf, and the mature trees get very large and have heavy aerial rooting. Ficus microcarpa is the small leaf Chinese banyan that is common as the famous Hong Kong island "wall trees". (Along with F. virens) And that's what I think danbradster is showing and maybe the OP as well. There are some in Thailand, but it's not so common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerlou47 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thank you so much I am going with a strangler fig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtreelove Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Thank you so much I am going with a strangler fig That would not be wrong as a general term, but to be more specific or to acquire one for your (large) garden, go with Chinese banyan (F. microcarpa). I'm pretty sure that's what you have. Where is the one pictured located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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