Variety
Ficus microcarpa (Indian laurel), sometimes classified a F. retusa variety as Ficus retusa var. nitida, also known as Banyan Fig, Taiwan Ficus, Ginseng Ficus, also native to Malesia floristic region and Indochina floristic region, and the Indomalaya ecozone.
The tree has small, dark green leaves which alternate up the stem and which are oval. It has a gray to reddish bark dotted with small, horizontal flecks, called lenticels, and are used by woody plant species for supplementary gas exchange through the bark. It is considered one of the easiest trees to keep as a Bonsai.
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