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Ficus benghalensis

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Ficus

Indian banyan tree

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum; Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo Freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
2 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kanekapoli St Slope: flat Preserved_Specimen hugh tree, smooth leaves. Evergreen, dark green ovate, obtuse, Distribution: abundant. Higuchi, G.T. 72 Oahu BISH 1971-05-08
3 Ficus benghalensis Corner Keeaumoku and King Streets, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Tree 75 ft.; fr. dull red. Bristol, M.L. 1938 Oahu BISH 1967-08-31
4 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, Hana District, Hana, SE of Kauiki from Kaihalulu Bay to Ka Iwi O Pele costal pasture Preserved_Specimen ~20' x 40' spreading tree. Leaves dark green above with whitish veins, below dull, paler with whitish veins. Ripe fruit bright orange-red Flynn, T.W. 2539 Maui BISH 1987-10-22
5 Ficus benghalensis Wai????????anae Intermediate School, Waianae, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Kauai HAPI 7/29/1990
6 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; Courtyard at central office Preserved_Specimen Fruit red. Leaves thick, pubescent. Condit, I.J. 185 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
7 Ficus benghalensis Mus. Campus [presumably Bishop Museum] Preserved_Specimen Tree Brown, F.B.H. 1309 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
8 Ficus benghalensis Kalihi, Bishop Museum, between Bishop Hall and H-1 Hwy. Preserved_Specimen Massive tree with multiple tree roots originally planted in this location by the Kamehameha School for Boys, Class of 1894. Imada, C. 2019002 Oahu BISH 2019-01-15
9 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu; Ala Moana Park center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Short wide leaf and 5 round fruits from one tree; 1 narrow leaf from another tree. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
10 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, SA12-R14-T5 Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. high; crown 25 foot spread, multiple trunk, branching near base, aerial roots near base only. Anderson, D. Oahu BISH 1959-05-15
11 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park, center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Fruits, 2 leaves, stipules. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
12 Ficus benghalensis Hale Mohalu, Pearl City Preserved_Specimen A large tree. Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1985-01-29
13 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Kalihi Street Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7118 Oahu BISH 1934-07-18
14 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, King st., Bd. of Agric. and Forestry Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 445 Oahu BISH 1927-01-17
15 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu Board of Agriculture & Forestry Preserved_Specimen Honolulu Board of Agriculture and Forestry 2689 Oahu BISH
16 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, S12-R14-T7 Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. Oahu BISH 1959-04-20
17 Ficus benghalensis Waimea District: Waimea Plantation Cottages, just west of Waimea town Sandy soil Preserved_Specimen Large banyan 20 m tall, crown 30 m diam., with multiple trunks. Fruits red, paired, fleshy. Cultivated, four trees. Lorence, D.H. 8004 Kauai BISH 1997-06-12
18 Ficus benghalensis West Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee Dunes Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Large banyan type tree with aerial roots, white latex; fruit dull red, round. Oppenheimer, H.L. 40718 Maui BISH 2007-04-11
19 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum: Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
20 Ficus benghalensis University campus near ath. field India - Cult Haw Isl. Preserved_Specimen tree, young. Height: 6± m. Fruit dark red. dbh 20± cm. Note: At this age, shows no drop roots. Ball, S.C. 27 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
21 Ficus benghalensis Lahaina, court house Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12599 Maui BISH 1915-12-01
22 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, along highway near Hana Preserved_Specimen large tree with gray-green foliage, red fruit, aerial roots Herbst, D.R. 4094 Maui BISH 1974-08-28
23 Ficus benghalensis Waihe'e, Maui, Hawai'i, USA HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Maui HAPI 7/11/1990
24 Ficus benghalensis 96815, Honolulu, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION 1627511128 Maui HAPI 11/15/2011
25 Ficus benghalensis Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 33 Oahu BISH 1929-08-09
26 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; near Bar-B-Que Pits Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. 189 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
27 Ficus benghalensis Wahiawa, opposite Wheeler Field, edge of road. In a clump of different kinds of trees planted by McEldowney Preserved_Specimen McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1952-09-10
28 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1930-11-02
29 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2692 BISH
30 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2696 BISH
31 Ficus benghalensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated the National Tropical Botanical Garden Ficus Area Preserved_Specimen tree of 20 ft. producing aerial roots; stem pale green with whitish lenticels, petioles whitish-green; lvs glossy dark green w/ whitish veins, below dk dull green w/whitish veins; fruit rusty red, dull. Flynn, T.W. 5690 Kauai BISH 1995-01-27
32 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum; Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo Freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
33 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kanekapoli St Slope: flat Preserved_Specimen hugh tree, smooth leaves. Evergreen, dark green ovate, obtuse, Distribution: abundant. Higuchi, G.T. 72 Oahu BISH 1971-05-08
34 Ficus benghalensis Corner Keeaumoku and King Streets, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Tree 75 ft.; fr. dull red. Bristol, M.L. 1938 Oahu BISH 1967-08-31
35 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, Hana District, Hana, SE of Kauiki from Kaihalulu Bay to Ka Iwi O Pele costal pasture Preserved_Specimen ~20' x 40' spreading tree. Leaves dark green above with whitish veins, below dull, paler with whitish veins. Ripe fruit bright orange-red Flynn, T.W. 2539 Maui BISH 1987-10-22
36 Ficus benghalensis Wai????????anae Intermediate School, Waianae, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Kauai HAPI 7/29/1990
37 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; Courtyard at central office Preserved_Specimen Fruit red. Leaves thick, pubescent. Condit, I.J. 185 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
38 Ficus benghalensis Mus. Campus [presumably Bishop Museum] Preserved_Specimen Tree Brown, F.B.H. 1309 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
39 Ficus benghalensis Kalihi, Bishop Museum, between Bishop Hall and H-1 Hwy. Preserved_Specimen Massive tree with multiple tree roots originally planted in this location by the Kamehameha School for Boys, Class of 1894. Imada, C. 2019002 Oahu BISH 2019-01-15
40 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu; Ala Moana Park center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Short wide leaf and 5 round fruits from one tree; 1 narrow leaf from another tree. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
41 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, SA12-R14-T5 Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. high; crown 25 foot spread, multiple trunk, branching near base, aerial roots near base only. Anderson, D. Oahu BISH 1959-05-15
42 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park, center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Fruits, 2 leaves, stipules. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
43 Ficus benghalensis Hale Mohalu, Pearl City Preserved_Specimen A large tree. Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1985-01-29
44 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Kalihi Street Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7118 Oahu BISH 1934-07-18
45 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, King st., Bd. of Agric. and Forestry Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 445 Oahu BISH 1927-01-17
46 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu Board of Agriculture & Forestry Preserved_Specimen Honolulu Board of Agriculture and Forestry 2689 Oahu BISH
47 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, S12-R14-T7 Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. Oahu BISH 1959-04-20
48 Ficus benghalensis Waimea District: Waimea Plantation Cottages, just west of Waimea town Sandy soil Preserved_Specimen Large banyan 20 m tall, crown 30 m diam., with multiple trunks. Fruits red, paired, fleshy. Cultivated, four trees. Lorence, D.H. 8004 Kauai BISH 1997-06-12
49 Ficus benghalensis West Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee Dunes Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Large banyan type tree with aerial roots, white latex; fruit dull red, round. Oppenheimer, H.L. 40718 Maui BISH 2007-04-11
50 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum: Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
51 Ficus benghalensis University campus near ath. field India - Cult Haw Isl. Preserved_Specimen tree, young. Height: 6± m. Fruit dark red. dbh 20± cm. Note: At this age, shows no drop roots. Ball, S.C. 27 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
52 Ficus benghalensis Lahaina, court house Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12599 Maui BISH 1915-12-01
53 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, along highway near Hana Preserved_Specimen large tree with gray-green foliage, red fruit, aerial roots Herbst, D.R. 4094 Maui BISH 1974-08-28
54 Ficus benghalensis Waihe'e, Maui, Hawai'i, USA HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Maui HAPI 7/11/1990
55 Ficus benghalensis 96815, Honolulu, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION 1627511128 Maui HAPI 11/15/2011
56 Ficus benghalensis Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 33 Oahu BISH 1929-08-09
57 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; near Bar-B-Que Pits Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. 189 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
58 Ficus benghalensis Wahiawa, opposite Wheeler Field, edge of road. In a clump of different kinds of trees planted by McEldowney Preserved_Specimen McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1952-09-10
59 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1930-11-02
60 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2692 BISH
61 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2696 BISH
62 Ficus benghalensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated the National Tropical Botanical Garden Ficus Area Preserved_Specimen tree of 20 ft. producing aerial roots; stem pale green with whitish lenticels, petioles whitish-green; lvs glossy dark green w/ whitish veins, below dk dull green w/whitish veins; fruit rusty red, dull. Flynn, T.W. 5690 Kauai BISH 1995-01-27
63 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum; Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo Freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
64 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kanekapoli St Slope: flat Preserved_Specimen hugh tree, smooth leaves. Evergreen, dark green ovate, obtuse, Distribution: abundant. Higuchi, G.T. 72 Oahu BISH 1971-05-08
65 Ficus benghalensis Corner Keeaumoku and King Streets, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Tree 75 ft.; fr. dull red. Bristol, M.L. 1938 Oahu BISH 1967-08-31
66 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, Hana District, Hana, SE of Kauiki from Kaihalulu Bay to Ka Iwi O Pele costal pasture Preserved_Specimen ~20' x 40' spreading tree. Leaves dark green above with whitish veins, below dull, paler with whitish veins. Ripe fruit bright orange-red Flynn, T.W. 2539 Maui BISH 1987-10-22
67 Ficus benghalensis Wai????????anae Intermediate School, Waianae, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Kauai HAPI 7/29/1990
68 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; Courtyard at central office Preserved_Specimen Fruit red. Leaves thick, pubescent. Condit, I.J. 185 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
69 Ficus benghalensis Mus. Campus [presumably Bishop Museum] Preserved_Specimen Tree Brown, F.B.H. 1309 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
70 Ficus benghalensis Kalihi, Bishop Museum, between Bishop Hall and H-1 Hwy. Preserved_Specimen Massive tree with multiple tree roots originally planted in this location by the Kamehameha School for Boys, Class of 1894. Imada, C. 2019002 Oahu BISH 2019-01-15
71 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu; Ala Moana Park center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Short wide leaf and 5 round fruits from one tree; 1 narrow leaf from another tree. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
72 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, SA12-R14-T5 Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. high; crown 25 foot spread, multiple trunk, branching near base, aerial roots near base only. Anderson, D. Oahu BISH 1959-05-15
73 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park, center, by beach on separate raised area Preserved_Specimen Fruits, 2 leaves, stipules. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1960-08-19
74 Ficus benghalensis Hale Mohalu, Pearl City Preserved_Specimen A large tree. Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1985-01-29
75 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Kalihi Street Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7118 Oahu BISH 1934-07-18
76 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, King st., Bd. of Agric. and Forestry Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 445 Oahu BISH 1927-01-17
77 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu Board of Agriculture & Forestry Preserved_Specimen Honolulu Board of Agriculture and Forestry 2689 Oahu BISH
78 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum, S12-R14-T7 Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. Oahu BISH 1959-04-20
79 Ficus benghalensis Waimea District: Waimea Plantation Cottages, just west of Waimea town Sandy soil Preserved_Specimen Large banyan 20 m tall, crown 30 m diam., with multiple trunks. Fruits red, paired, fleshy. Cultivated, four trees. Lorence, D.H. 8004 Kauai BISH 1997-06-12
80 Ficus benghalensis West Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee Dunes Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Large banyan type tree with aerial roots, white latex; fruit dull red, round. Oppenheimer, H.L. 40718 Maui BISH 2007-04-11
81 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Bishop Museum: Bishop Hall bordering upon the Lunalilo freeway Full sun. Preserved_Specimen Large, spreading tree. Branches sending down adventitious roots, becoming trunks. Lau, J. 1106 Oahu BISH 1985-06-17
82 Ficus benghalensis University campus near ath. field India - Cult Haw Isl. Preserved_Specimen tree, young. Height: 6± m. Fruit dark red. dbh 20± cm. Note: At this age, shows no drop roots. Ball, S.C. 27 Oahu BISH 1926-02-07
83 Ficus benghalensis Lahaina, court house Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12599 Maui BISH 1915-12-01
84 Ficus benghalensis East Maui, along highway near Hana Preserved_Specimen large tree with gray-green foliage, red fruit, aerial roots Herbst, D.R. 4094 Maui BISH 1974-08-28
85 Ficus benghalensis Waihe'e, Maui, Hawai'i, USA HUMAN_OBSERVATION -262660594 Maui HAPI 7/11/1990
86 Ficus benghalensis 96815, Honolulu, HI, US HUMAN_OBSERVATION 1627511128 Maui HAPI 11/15/2011
87 Ficus benghalensis Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 33 Oahu BISH 1929-08-09
88 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu: Ala Moana Park; near Bar-B-Que Pits Preserved_Specimen Condit, I.J. 189 Oahu BISH 1965-04-08
89 Ficus benghalensis Wahiawa, opposite Wheeler Field, edge of road. In a clump of different kinds of trees planted by McEldowney Preserved_Specimen McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1952-09-10
90 Ficus benghalensis Honolulu, Waikiki, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1930-11-02
91 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2692 BISH
92 Ficus benghalensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2696 BISH
93 Ficus benghalensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated the National Tropical Botanical Garden Ficus Area Preserved_Specimen tree of 20 ft. producing aerial roots; stem pale green with whitish lenticels, petioles whitish-green; lvs glossy dark green w/ whitish veins, below dk dull green w/whitish veins; fruit rusty red, dull. Flynn, T.W. 5690 Kauai BISH 1995-01-27
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