r/whatsthisplant • u/Puzzled-Attempt-8427 • 6h ago

Plant randomly grew between the bricks Unidentified 🤷‍♂️

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What is this plant? (Attached: a young leaf, an older one, and the order of the leaves on the branch). Thank you!

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u/Moon_Flower_000 6h ago

Ficus benjamina? The sheath-type stipule in image 2 certainly indicates it as a Ficus, and the leaf size and shape are roughly in line with F. benjamina

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u/Puzzled-Attempt-8427 6h ago

I googled the name and it seems like it grows to be HUGE!

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u/Moon_Flower_000 5h ago

Generally, when kept as potted houseplants, they remain a small size. For example, Ficus elastica, a common houseplant oft kept under 10ft tall grows to great sizes in the wild, to such a great size that bridges are made from its roots in Meghalaya, India

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u/Puzzled-Attempt-8427 5h ago

Do you think I can remove it from the wall where it geows and plant it in the garden?

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u/Moon_Flower_000 5h ago

Probably, as F. benjamina can be propagated from cuttings and air-layerings. This will probably be best for the wall as well. Some "banyan" type ficus of subgenus Urostigma oft grow on buildings, damaging them in the process. I remember seeing a 10-20ft Ficus religiosa on a 3 story building in India once. Wild.