Gajumaru (banyan tree) - Gajumaru

Japanese: ガジュマル(植物) - がじゅまる
Gajumaru (banyan tree) - Gajumaru

...It is found in the southern subtropical zone and tropical zones, from Honshu (Wakayama Prefecture, Iwaishima Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture), Shikoku to Taiwan, southern China, the Indochina Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula, and is planted around houses as a tidal and windbreak. The same genus, Gajumaru F. microcarpa Lf (English name: Chinese banyan), is also a huge evergreen tree with drooping aerial roots. Compared to the Gajumaru, it has smaller leaves and shorter petioles, and its fruit sacs are also small and almost stalkless. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gajumaru (plant)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…暖帯南部から熱帯,本州(和歌山県,山口県祝島),四国から台湾,中国南部,インドシナ半島からマレー半島にかけて分布し,防潮,防風用として人家のまわりに植えられる。 同属のガジュマルF.microcarpa L.f.(英名Chinese banyan)も気根を垂らす巨大な常緑樹である。アコウに比べ葉が小型で葉柄が短く,果囊も小型で柄はほとんどない。…

※「ガジュマル(植物)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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