Banyan: Mulberry, Ficus spp.

Ficus sylvestris:

Mulberry family, genus Ficus, evergreen shrubs or trees

Ficus sylvestris, as the name suggests, is associated with a leaf form with two leaves growing opposite each other on the same horizontal plane. It is a native plant, commonly common in the hills and suburban areas, mostly in the south, which is related to its growing environment.

It does not require much soil, but the environment and climate are a bit demanding, preferring warm and humid ravines and valleys. The plant is covered with hispid hairs, the leaves are usually opposite, thick papery, ovate long elliptic or obovate moment round; the whole body is rich in white milky juice, pick a leaf will have milky juice flow out, flowering and fruiting in June-July, as soon as the ripening time is soon to be the eyes of the birds.

Ficus sylvestris, also known as the milk tree, milk, I believe that many friends who grew up in the countryside recognize it. Because the appearance of the milk fruit is a bit similar to figs, after ripening is a small yellow fruit, you can eat, sweet and sticky flavor. When I was a child playing in the mountains, I liked to look for wild fruits to eat, milk fruit is one of them. Some varieties of banyan fruits are purplish red or red when ripe.