3" cascade fig.

Hi IBC friends.

great small trees are shared lately. i would like to share one of mine.



top view...leaf size reduction.



my hand for scale. ht of tree-3 inches



in my display niche.


background on the tree.- the tree is locally called "is-is" or "ople"- "is-is" in English means to rub on a surface, the leaves of this tree is so rough and tough it is used in some far flung areas here as an alternative to sand paper, yup..thats how tough and rough these leaves are,
i used it too, when i was a kid to "sand paper"/smooth up the surface of my desk in my grade school days.



regards,
jun

Nice, Jun. Does the leaf have a scent?
Todd

Lovely, delicate tree Jun. Leaves sound a bit nasty. Not the sort to cover your private parts

Todd,
thanks,

the leaves are odorless...unless, like Will said... used it to cover private parts.



regards,
jun



Will,
thanks.

i guess so Will, after reading the story of Adam and Eve...in the end they said "keep away from 'is-is' leaves folks! its not good for your fashion garment". (just made this up)., unless you want some instant size reduction.




regards,
jun

Will,

i heard also...
...these leaves are also the reason why Adam an Eve left the paradise of south east asia and moved to canada for the more friendly leaves of maple.



regards,
jun

That area's small enough as it is. Could cover up with a Chinese Elm leaf!

i have lot of those. i even got a shohin chinese elm with half the size of leaves...just in case.

Jun,
Very nice tree.
Jerry

Jerry,
thanks.

regards,
jun

Look what i found!

You guys still remember the discussion about this cute little tree

Nice tree Jun. That fig is native to Indonesia. We called it ficus ampelas.

Budi

Todd Ellis wrote:Nice, Jun. Does the leaf have a scent?
Todd

The one with scent is premna. The shape of the leaves is quite similar.

Budi

Nice little tree JUN...Now this is a real fig tree not a ficus right?? great leaf reduction on this one too...how long did it take to do that??take care john

Budi,
thanks. for the compliment...and thank you more for identifying the tree.

regards,
jun



Hirow,

Nice find!
thanks.

regards,
jun


John,

thanks!
Like I said before this is a fig tree, just can't Identify the latin name for it (thanks to Budi)
3 years for leaf reduction. for this little tree...with more than frequent trimming.

regards,
jun