Ficus microcarpa
naturalizedMoraceae

Ficus microcarpa

Chinese banyan

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Taiwan banyan, Indian laurel, curtain fig, or gajumaru (ガジュマル), is a tree native in the range from China through Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, Australia, the Ryukyu Islands, and New Caledonia. It is widely planted as a shade tree and frequently misidentified as F. retusa or as F. nitida (F. benjamina).

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Seasonality

Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

What works

Controlling Ficus microcarpa

From Weed Control by Species1 row →

Best reported: basal-bark with 25% G4, 75% Crop oil — one report from NEPM.

  1. 4.0basal-bark25% G4, 75% Crop oilTriclopyrG41 report
    NEPM
    • 4more than moderate satisfaction · NEPM
      Size: saplings and root suckers on trees

Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 1 rows in the full table

Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 99 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 293 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 63 · GBIF 47 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 67 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 15 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 17 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 18 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaʻehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓