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Ficus kurzii
In Singapore: Burmese Banyan, 滇缅榕 (Grown in Singapore)
2 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in No. 162 Mount Pleasant Road, gateway; Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, Lawn A. Next to Swan Lake
Ficus kurzii is a fig tree from the mulberry family, native to southern China, Indochina and western Malesia, sometimes called Burmese banyan. It is grown as a warm-climate ornamental and needs bright light and steady warmth.
Ficus kurzii is a species of fig tree in the family Moraceae. It may be called by the common name Burmese banyan. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Its native range is China (Yunnan) Indo-China and Malesia; the species can be found in Vietnam where it may be called Ða Kurz.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus kurzii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
