;Ficus microcarpa 'Compacta' is a cultivar of Ficus microcarpa L.fil. s It is grown primarily as a bonsai or semi-bonsai tree. The thick shiny evergreen leaves generously cloth the long branches. The dense rounded canopy and gracefully drooping branches make it ideal for bonsai.
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Genus name c. 1400, from Latin ficus "fig, fig tree" (see fig). With capital letter, as the name of a large genus of trees and shrubs, chosen by Linnaeus (1753).