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Old 3-Feb-2007   #1
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G’day all,

For all Ficus lovers….Read it and weep, these trees have just hit Amsterdam, and for only 6euro [$7.80] for one or 10euro [$13.00] for two, who can go wrong?

FICUS MICROCARPA - var.Nitida. - [Tiger bark]

Genus: Moraceae.
Common name: Indian Laurel Fig.

Style: Exposed root [NE-AGARI]. Vase-shape [ROSOKU-ZUKURI] - ?
Size: Height, 24cm [9 ½“].

Container: Oval, brown, unglazed, Japanese pot with linear surface decoration.
Width, 20.5cm [8“], depth, 16cm [6 ¼“], height, 6cm [2 ¼“].

Origin: Collected bonsai specialist #2, Amsterdam, February 2 2207.
Age:
Indigenous: India and Malaysia.

Particular characteristics:
Lustrous evergreen foliage, glabrous oval leaves tapering to acuminate tip, leaves very persistent, trunk and branches have thin, smooth, grayish white bark with lenticels on small branches, latex producer.

Regards,
Nigel
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