"Rubber Plants"

You know that lovely "Rubber Plant" you keep in the lounge and spend time shining the beautiful leaves?

Here's a grown up one.



It is a Moreton Bay Fig.

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Wow! Big tree good pic.

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slightly larger than the one my Mum used to have in the living room.

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By 'ec Brucey, that's a big 'un

I was never a fan of rubber plants. But if I was I think I would have enjoyed doing a bit of spit and polish on it.

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Wow! That certainly is a big tree!

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Imaging bouncing from branch to branch in the huge rubber tree

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It is a Bodhi Fig Tree.
Both trees are Fig Family plants/trees ( Moreton Bay Fig + Bodhi Tree ).

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Bodhi Trees have a completely different type of leaf ( heart-shaped leaf )

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A tree much revered by Buddhists, the tree under which The Buddha obtained enlightenment. Every Buddhist Temple seems to have such a tree.

I have a leaf from a local Temple (Nan Tien) picked by a Chinese friend of mine and placed in her shrine.




Moreton Bay Figs are on an all together different scale, Like wombats, you definitely don't want one near your house.

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That is lovely heart-shaped leaf

Do you know what type of Buddhist community is your local Temple ?