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'''Ficus citrifolia''', also known as the 'Shortleaf Fig' or 'Wild Banyantree', is a species of banyan native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America south to Paraguay. It is distinguished from the closely-related Florida Strangler Fig (''Ficus aurea'') mainly by the finer veining in the leaves.
One theory is that the Portuguese name for ''F. citrofolia'', "Los Barbados", gave Barbados its name.