Ficus for ID : Oman : 050712 : AK-3

[Aarti S. Khale]

A ficus tree of medium height in one of the plant nurseries in Muscat with White fruits.

Pictures taken on 12/2/2010.

Can this be Ficus virens?

Leaves are bigger than Ficus benjamina.

Aarti

[Pankaj Kumar]

This could be Ficus virens.
Pankaj

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[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:      

“This could be Ficus virens.
Pankaj”

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[JM Garg]

Please find plant ID for the link below:
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/-XxcEj5ut84
This should be Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq., there is no record for Ficus virens in Muscat.
Kind regards,
Varun

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks a lot Varun Ji and Garg Ji for the correct name.

Regards,

Aarti