New bonsai tree enthusiast and need help identifying the tree

[dragan]

Hi everyone I bought a bonsai tree after some time looking for it and bought one but there was no name of any identification of it so I need help identifying it if anyone can help so I could take care of it properly as I don't want it to die. I looked over multiple species online but could find the one that I have so please help me identify it.

 

[dragan]

sorry, forgot to attach the images of it

 

[Eckhoffw]

Looks like a willow/narrow leaf ficus.

 

[Paradox]

Agree, willow leaf ficus

 

[rockm]

If you bought this from a bonsai vendor in a mall, roadside, or other location that sells bonsai in volume it is most likely a tropical species. I don't know if it is a ficus. Best way to tell is to prune off a piece of a hardened branch. If the sap is white and milky, it's a ficus...

 

[Forsoothe!]

I'm not so sure. Mine has prominent raised center vein and more pointy leaves with the characteristic twist at the tip...

OP leaves appear to have impressed center vein and obtuse tip.

 

[Dzhokar]

Olive maybe?
What do the undersides of the leaves look like?

 

[HorseloverFat]

I was going to guess Olea, as well.

 

[Paradox]

Hmm thought the leaves looked a little weird for a willow leaf but seemed like the best possibility given the rest of it.

 

[penumbra]

Olive.

 

[rockm]

i was going to say Olive too, but haven't had much in-person experience with that species...It would make sense that it's olive since the OP is in the U.K. and olive is common in European markets.

 

[LanceMac10]

Eugenia....tropical. Think Australian brush cherry......

 

[rockm]

Eugenia....tropical. Think Australian brush cherry......

No. Don't think its that. I've had Eugienia. The leaves on this are too long and narrow

 

[Dzhokar]

And the tips are rounded...
@Clicio is in Spain, he might know olives
@Shibui , olives are popular in Australia also.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Haha! Olive!
Right, yeah.... I was.... uh...just testing you all!

 

[Lutonian]

looks like Brush Cherry (Eugenia myrtifolia /Syzygium myrtifolia) willow leaf figs are rare here and you wont find one in a shop selling mallsai and its not a olive either

 

[rockm]

Not Australian Brush cherry. Here are pics of both

The brush cherry (also known as "lily pilly") is first. Olive (olea europa) is second...

 

[Lutonian]

There is a narrow leaf form I have seen used as bonsai that is some what common in garden centers as mallsai, what ever it is its not an olive or ficus. lily pilly is Syzygium smithii there are lots of Syzygium species and common names can get confusing.

 

[Lutonian]

 

[penumbra]

I have several Eugenia and a number of willow leaf figs and it is not one of those. It is exactly like the olive I have seen for sale at garden centers that carry such things.