Fuzhou has the earliest history of planting banyan trees. In 904 AD, when Wang Shen was the king of Fujian, it was planted, and it has been cultivated for more than 0/000 years. "Taiping Universe" said that the banyan tree "is famous for its ten sides, and it does not wither in winter, and it is the only one in the county".
During the Song Dynasty, Zhang Boyu, the magistrate of Fuzhou, strongly advocated the planting of banyan trees. A few years later, banyan trees spread all over the city. Today, there are 1.6 million banyan trees and 1000 ancient banyan trees in Fuzhou. Streets, alleys, parks and squares, such as umbrella banyan trees, cover the whole city. Banyan is the city image and green business card of Fuzhou, and it is a major feature of Fuzhou, a national forest city.
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Banyan tree? It is a plant of Moraceae and Ficus. Big tree, up to 15-25m, DBH 50cm, with 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 trees are distributed in China, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia to the Caroline Islands. Banyan tree was rated as Fujian tree, and also as city tree in Fuzhou and Ganzhou.
Morphological characteristics:
Big tree, up to 15-25m, DBH 50cm, with 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.