Upon it are a pair of the national flower, known as the Pride of Barbados, and a single bearded fig tree ( Ficus citrifolia ).

* Ficus citrifolia

Leaves and seeds, São Paulo, Brazil Ficus citrifolia trees typically grow 15 m ( 50 ft ) tall, and may cover a wide area due to their ability to drop aerial roots from branches and spread horizontally, fusing with the parent tree as they grow.

Ficus citrifolia is under strong selective pressure to flower and produce fruit year round due to its mutualistic relationship with its pollinating agaonid wasp.

Ficus citrifolia is considered a tropical keystone species.

* Phenological patterns of Ficus citrifolia ( Moraceae ) in a seasonal humid-subtropical region in Southern Brazil, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Efraim Rodrigues and Ayres de Oliveira Menezes Jr., Plant Ecology, Volume 188, Number 2 / February, 2007

* Interactive Distribution Map of Ficus citrifolia

Other native and imported trees and shrubs in the Garden include: Poisonwood ( Metopium toxiferum ), Sea Grape ( Coccoloba uvifera ), Black Ironwood ( Krugiodendron ferreum ), Spanish Stopper ( Eugenia foetida ), Pigeon Plum ( Coccoloba diversifolia ), Tamarind ( Tamarindus indica ), Milk Bark ( Drypetes diversifolia ), Cinnamon Bark ( Canella winterana ), Gumbo Limbo ( Bursera simaruba ), Woman's Tongue ( Albizia lebbeck ), Lignum Vitae ( Guaiacum sanctum ), Blolly ( Guapira discolor ), Purge Nut Thicket ( Ximenia americana ), Canary Island Date Palm ( Phoenix canariensis ), Senegal Date Palm ( Phoenix reclinata ), Florida Thatch Palm ( Thrinax radiata ), Shortleaf Fig ( Ficus citrifolia ), Marlberry ( Ardisia escallonioides ), Silver Palm ( Coccothrinax argentata ), Red Stopper ( Eugenia rhombea ), Key Thatch Palm ( Leucothrinax morrisii ), Jamaica Dogwood ( Piscidia piscipula ), False Tamarind ( Lysiloma latisiliquum ), Bay Cedar ( Suriana maritima ), Wild Coffee ( Colubrina arborescens ), Cinnecord ( Acacia choriophylla ), Pond Apple ( Annona glabra ), Limber Caper ( Capparis flexuosa ), Satin Leaf ( Chrysophyllum oliviforme ), Paradise Tree ( Simarouba glauca ), Coral Bean ( Erythrina herbacea ), Sabal Palm ( Sabal palmetto ), Buccaneer Palm ( Pseudophoenix sargentii ), Lime Prickly-ash ( Zanthoxylum fagara ), Joewood ( Jacquinia keyensis ), Lancewood ( Nectandra coriacea ), Green Buttonwood ( Conocarpus erectus ), Washington Palm ( Washingtonia robusta ), and Varnish Leaf ( Dodonaea viscosa ).

There are also a myriad of brokers and financial-services bureaus, among them Ficus Capital, Galfin Sociedad de Bolsa, Europa Sociedad de Bolsa, Darío Cukier, GBU, Hordeñana & Asociados Sociedad de Bolsa, etc.

Noteworthy also are an old church ( the oldest in the Cook Islands ) and some gigantic Banyan trees ( Ficus prolixa ).

* Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore ( or sycomore ) of the Bible ; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa

Some North American species are called sycamores ( especially Platanus occidentalis ), although that term also refers to either the fig Ficus sycomorus, the plant originally so named, or the Great, or Sycamore Maple, Acer pseudoplatanus.

The Bodhi Tree, also known as Bo ( from the Sinhalese Bo ), was a large and very old Sacred Fig tree ( Ficus religiosa ) located in Bodh Gaya ( about from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar ), under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher later known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi.

Also known as Indian Banyan, Ficus bengalensis is also the National tree of India.

Ficus rubiginosa is commonly used as a large ornamental tree in eastern Australia, in the North Island of New Zealand, and also in Hawaii and California in the USA, where it is also listed as an invasive species in some areas.

Ficus rubiginosa is also suited for use as an indoor plant in low, medium or brightly-lit indoor spaces, although a variegated form requires brighter light.

The Mission fig ( also known as Black Mission or Franciscana ) is a popular variety of the edible fig ( Ficus carica ).

Specialised flora also occur on the cliffs and rocky outcrops, in particular the Triodia hummock grass community, Ficus spp.

Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese Banyan, Malayan Banyan, Indian Laurel or Curtain fig, is a banyan native in the range from Sri Lanka to India, southern China, the Malay Archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Australia, and New Caledonia.

* Ficus aurea, also known as the Florida Strangler Fig

* Ficus barbata, also known as the Bearded Fig

The understory is largely absent here, formed only by scattered Celtis paniculata, Ficus opposita and Pipturus argenteus with a height of 2 – 4 m ; some Celtis also grow higher and emerge through the Pisonia canopy.

* Ficus benghalensis or wad, also called Bengal fig, Indian fig, East Indian fig, Indian Banyan Banyan, borh

He was also a leading expert on the genus Ficus and the palm family, as well as a distinguished mycologist, having published Boletus in Malaysia in 1972.

Bark cloth was also made by the Baganda people of Uganda, from the inner bark of the mutuba tree ( Ficus natalensis ).

They also consume the fruits of Ficus, Trema, Mutingia, as well as papaya and mangoes already opened by fruit bats.

Ficus elastica, also called the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush is a species of plant in the fig genus, native to northeast India and southern Indonesia.

An alternative story of the bunny chow's origins ( which similarly provides an etymology ) is that, as in India, merchants who traditionally sold their wares under the ' bania ' tree ( also known as the banyan, or Ficus bengalensis ) were called ' bania '.

Bargad ( Ficus benghalensis ), arjun ( Terminalia arjuna ), gugal ( Commiphora wightii ) or bamboo can also be met at some places.

The woodlands of the region are home to many fruit trees, shrubs, and vines that have proved valuable for human use and selective breeding, including pomegranate ( Punica granatum ), wild grapes Vitis sylvestris, fig ( Ficus carica ), wild apple ( Malus turkmenorum ), wild pear ( Pyrus boissieriana ), wild cherries ( Prunus spp., also called Cerasus microcarpa, C. erythrocarpa, C. blinovskii ), wild prune ( Prunus divaricata ), almonds ( Amygdalus communis = Prunus dulcis, and A. scoparia = Prunus scoparia ), and hawthorns ( Crataegus spp.

The oldest living plant of known planting date is a Ficus religiosa tree known as the Sri Maha Bodhi planted in the temple at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by King Tissa in 288 BC.

There he sat in meditation under a peepul tree ( Ficus religiosa or Sacred Fig ), which later became known as the Bodhi tree.

Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland ( 17 ° S ) in the north to the Illawarra ( 34 ° S ) in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island.

Ficus benjamina, commonly known as the Weeping Fig, Benjamin's Fig, or the Ficus Tree and often sold in stores as just a " Ficus ", is a species of fig tree, native to south and southeast Asia and Australia.

* Ficus Pandorata ( Richard Kelton ) is Quark's Spock-like science officer and is a " Vegeton ", a member of a race of sentient plant life ( Ficus pandorata or pandurata is better known as Ficus lyrata, the fiddle-leaf fig ).

The Garden contains a rare specimen of Acmena ingens, only five other specimens are known, an uncommon Harpephyllum caffrum and the largest recorded in Victoria, Taxodium distichum, and outstanding specimens of Chamaecyparis funebris and Ficus macrophylla, south west of the Royal Exhibition Building.

The Ficus religiosa tree is known by a wide range of vernacular names in different locales and languages, including:

* Folio 78 verso: Fig tree ( Ficus )

Among the more famous species are the Sacred Fig tree ( Pipal, Bodhi, Bo, or Po, Ficus religiosa ) and the Banyan Fig ( Ficus benghalensis ).

On the other hand the Common Fig ( Ficus carica ) is a gynodioecious plant, as well as Lofty fig or Clown fig ( F. aspera ), Roxburgh Fig ( F. auriculata ), Mistletoe Fig ( F. deltoidea ), F. pseudopalma, Creeping Fig ( F. pumila ) and related species.

* Ficus sycomorus – Sycamore Fig, Fig-mulberry

* Ficus tinctoria – Dye Fig, Humped Fig

* Ficus triradiata – Red-stipule Fig

* Ficus virens – White Fig, pilkhan, an-borndi ( Gun-djeihmi )

* Ficus watkinsiana – Watkins ' Fig, Nipple Fig, Green-leaved Moreton Bay Fig

These areas are characterized by dense groves of very large trees including the iconic Port Jackson Fig ( Ficus rubiginosa ) and Moreton Bay Fig ( Ficus macrophylla ) trees.

In rituals, the nyagrodha ( Ficus Indica or India Fig or banyan tree ) danda, or staff, is assigned to the Kshatriya class, and along with a mantra, intended to impart physical vitality or ' ojas '.

The Moreton Bay Fig ( Ficus macrophylla ) is endemic to the east coast of Australia within a range centred on Moreton Bay.