1. From the perspective of geomantic omen, it is not good to grow banyan trees at home. As the saying goes, banyan trees can't tolerate people.
2. The big banyan tree is an aerial rooting plant, which is troublesome in daily management and maintenance, and the aerial rooting growth will be messy, so it is not suitable for planting in the courtyard at home.
Ficus (Ficus of Moraceae)
brief introduction
Banyan tree? Linn.f): a big tree, with a height of 15-25m, a DBH of 50cm and a broad crown; Old trees usually have rusty brown air roots. The bark is dark gray. Leaves are thin leathery, narrowly oval, dark green, shiny and entire. Fig fruits are axillary in pairs or in deciduous leaves, yellow or reddish when mature, oblate, with 3 bracts at the base, broadly ovoid and persistent; Male flowers, female flowers and gall flowers are all born in a fig fruit, and there are several short bristles between flowers; Tepals 3, broadly ovate, lower part of style, short stigma, rod-shaped. Achenes are ovoid. Flowering period may-June.
Banyan tree was rated as Fujian tree, and also as city tree in Fuzhou and Ganzhou.
China, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia to the Caroline Islands.
morphological character
Banyan is a big tree with a height of 15-25m, DBH 50cm and a broad crown. Old trees usually have rusty brown air roots. The bark is dark gray. Leaves are thin leathery, narrowly elliptic, 4-8 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, with blunt apex, wedge-shaped base, dark green surface, dark brown after drying, glossy, entire, extended basal veins and 3- 10 pairs of lateral veins; Petiole 5- 10 mm long, glabrous; Stipules small, lanceolate, about 8 mm long.
Fig fruits are axillary in pairs or in deciduous leaves, yellow or reddish at maturity, oblate, 6-8 mm in diameter, without peduncle, 3 bracts at the base, broadly ovoid and persistent; Male flowers, female flowers and gall flowers are all born in a fig fruit, and there are several short bristles between flowers; Male flowers are sessile or stipitate, with scattered inner walls and filaments as long as anthers; The female flower is similar to the gall flower, with 3 perianth segments, wide oval shape, lower part of style, short stigma and rod shape. Achenes are ovoid. Flowering period may-June.
Growth habit
Banyan has strong adaptability, likes loose and fertile acidic soil, can grow in barren sandy soil, and leaves turn yellow in alkaline soil. Not drought-resistant, more water-resistant and wet-resistant, and short-term waterlogging will not rot the roots. Poor growth in dry climate conditions, atmospheric rooting can occur in humid air, greatly improving the ornamental value. Like sunny, warm and humid climate, not cold-resistant, except in South China, potted plants are often used. The requirements for soil are not strict, and both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils can grow, fearing sun exposure.