Ficus microcarpa is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is critical. Also known as Chinese Banyan and Malay Banyan.
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Ireland has no animal poison service for owners. Call your veterinarian. An Irish veterinarian can consult the Veterinary Poisons Information Service in the United Kingdom.
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Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Hill's weeping fig, small-fruited fig, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, or curtain fig, is a species of banyan tree in the family Moraceae. Its native range is from India to China and Japan, through Southeast Asia and the western Pacific to the state of Queensland in Australia, and it has been introduced to parts of the Americas and the Mediterranean. It was first described in 1782, and is a culturally significant plant in a number of Asian countries.
Also recorded as Hill's weeping fig, Indian Laurel, Indian laurel fig, Laurel Fig, curtain fig and small-fruit fig.
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Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.