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Ficus panda L.

Ficus panda is a member of the Moraceae family. F. Panda or Cuban Laurel, formally known as Ficus retusa, is an evergreen woody plant that grows in the form of shrub, bush, or most popularly, a bonsai tree. Tree up to 18 m tall, with aerial roots and milky latex; twigs with prominent projections of stipular rings and petiolar scars. Leaves alternate; stipules large and persistent; petiole up to 2 cm long; blade oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 5-15 cm × 3-6 cm, base narrowed and 3-veined, apex rounded to bluntly pointed, secondary veins 5-8 pairs, all veins prominent below. Inflorescence an axillary fig, subglobose to obovoid, 1 cm in diameter, sessile, yellow-red, often in pairs and crowded. The plants grows in open lowland forest, brushwood and near rivers. With glossy, dark green leaves and a height that can reach up to 100 feet in its native habitat, the plant is a great addition to any indoor container or outdoor garden
References:
1. https://farmerr.in/products/ficus-panda?variant=41439958204615
2. https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261319
3. https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Ficus_retusa_(PROSEA)