SOLVED: BANYAN Tree

CHARLIE · November 07, 2002, 09:25:13 PM

Guess what this is. Tom, DanG and Fla_Deadheader are disqualified!!!

Texas Ranger · November 08, 2002, 06:55:38 AM

Mangrove

CHARLIE · November 08, 2002, 11:06:48 AM

Nope.....all the mangrove I've seen grows in marsh water. The wood from a black mangrove tree is very dense and has beautiful grain.

Paul_H · November 08, 2002, 07:06:13 PM

Ficus?

CHARLIE · November 08, 2002, 07:31:33 PM

Well....yeah but not specific enough Paul_H. I'll give you 1/3 credit.

Paul_H · November 08, 2002, 07:33:12 PM

Ficus Benja,beng, Banyan?

I better head back to my plant links.

Paul_H · November 08, 2002, 07:42:23 PM

Ficus benjamina

CHARLIE · November 08, 2002, 07:54:46 PM

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) Paul_H GOT IT RIGHT!!! It's a Banyan tree (my book says it's a Ficus bengalensis, but Banyan is good enough!).

There was a huge one about a block from where Tom and I grew up. We'd cut the bark and collect the sap and make rubber balls. The DanG sap would get on our hands and wouldn't come off. What a mess! We called it a rubber tree.

Paul_H · November 08, 2002, 08:14:18 PM

Charlie,
I've got to confess,I remember reading about that tree,and neighbourhood memories that Tom wrote about,way back.It was a vivid mental picture.So that helped speed things up.

There were two choices,Ficus bengalensis,and Ficus benjamina.I didn't have a good picture so I picked one(wrong one) and had the othe copied and ready to post.

Is that the same tree I would have seen in Maui?It was huge!

CHARLIE · November 08, 2002, 08:25:43 PM

I dunno....never been to Maui....

My book says the tree grows principally in India and Burma. But I suppose it grows anywhere it's tropical.

Paul_H · November 08, 2002, 08:54:41 PM

I found this picture on the web.It is in Lahaina, Maui.Thats the one that I was thinking about.They are a beautiful tree.

CHARLIE · November 09, 2002, 12:59:02 PM

Das ist humongous tree!

Den Socling · November 13, 2002, 05:43:26 AM

That reminded me of this awesome tree that was across the street from our hotel in Waikiki. As my wife said, you could live inside it!

Bro. Noble · November 18, 2002, 08:06:14 AM

Oh I think you guys are just making up those wierd looking trees with funny sounding names--------they aren't even listed in "Trees of Missouri".

Noble

Tom · November 18, 2002, 01:08:03 PM

Missouri? What kind of tree is that? :D

Den Socling · November 18, 2002, 02:09:46 PM

The picture that I posted of the Banyan in Waikiki lost a lot in getting it squeezed down to fit this forum. That's my son who's 6'2" standing in front of it. I have an enlargement in my office. I have looked at it many times and thought "just how would you cut that tree down?".