The difference between Banyan tree and Banyan tree

1. Leaf Difference

The leaves of Ficus microcarpa are usually opposite, thick papery, ovate-oblong, 10 to 25 cm long and 5 to 10 cm wide. The leaves are entire or bluntly serrated, with an acute or short-pointed apex, a rounded or nearly cuneate base, a rough surface, and gray, rough hairs on the back. The petiole is 1 to 4 cm long.

Banyan leaves are thin leathery, narrowly elliptical, 4 to 8 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, dark green in color, entire, and glossy on the surface.

2. Fruit Difference

The figs of the fig tree are borne in the axillaries or on deciduous branches, or on vertical branches arising from old stems. They are gyroscope-shaped, yellow when ripe, 1.5 to 2.5 cm in diameter, with scattered lateral bracts and coarse hairs.

The figs of the banyan tree grow in pairs in the axils or in the axils of fallen leaf branches. They are yellow or slightly red, oblate, and 6 to 8 mm in diameter.