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| Waringin Ficus benjamina Family Moraceae updated Nov 10 Where seen? A commonly seen strangler in our forests, along roads and abandoned kampongs. It also grows on old buildings in cracks and crevices. It is found from India to the Solomon Islands and is commonly planted in Malaya. It is rare in forests and sometimes found on rocky coasts. |
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Features: A large strangling
tree. It seldom has aerial roots. Leaves small (2-7cm) oval, smooth,
shiny, leathery with a sharp, long pointed tip. The veins are almost
invisible and closely-spaced. With thin, 'weeping' branches. The small
figs are round (1cm) grow in pairs. When ripe may be a creamy or dark
orange, a dull purple-red, cherry red or from pale pink to mauve-purple.
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Singapore University Press. 222 pp.