
Ficus microcarpa
Chinese banyan
As recorded: Ficus microcarpa L.fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Moraceae
- Collected by
- ESP Field Crew
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- October 5, 1979
- Locality
- ahupuaa of Halepuaa Forest Reserve, Puna District
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5333, -154.8500
- Elevation
- 76 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On October 5, 1979, ESP Field Crew also collected 18 other specimens.
Still here: Ficus microcarpa observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-12-22.

2025-12-22
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) jasoncarpetone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-20
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Dan Tucker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-08-02
Hawaiʻi, Keaau, HI, US
(c) Lindz Loves The Desert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-24
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) Mike Wood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-05-13
Pahoa
(c) bspecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-06-19
13-3598 Kumakahi St, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ficus microcarpa. BISH 770337. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956250449. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/770337.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956250449 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
