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Ficus microcarpa (Ficus microcarpa)
Australian native
Ficus microcarpa
Ficus · Moraceae

Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Hill's weeping fig, small-fruited fig, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, or curtain fig, is a species of banyan tree in the family Moraceae. Its native range is from India to China and Japan, through Southeast Asia and the western Pacific to the state of Queensland in Australia, and it has been introduced to parts of the Americas and the Mediterranean.

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Classification

Genus
Ficus
Family
Moraceae
Climate
temperate, subtropical

Ficus microcarpa belongs to the Ficus genus within the Moraceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience. It is an Australian native we grow and specify regularly.

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Cultivation

Care sheet.

Water
Low once established
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil
Free-draining, low phosphorus
Growth rate
Moderate to fast
Mature size
Varies by species
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Cultivars

Selected named varieties and which job each is best suited to.

'Flash'

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Companions

Species we plant alongside Ficus microcarpa.

Ficus elastica
Ficus elastica

Ficus elastica

Ficus hillii
Australian native
Ficus hillii

Ficus hillii

Fiddle-Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)
TreeCouncil listed
Ficus lyrata

Fiddle-Leaf Fig

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Further reading

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    Ficus microcarpa taxon photographAtlas of Living Australia image service