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Ficus benghalensis is an evergreen, monoecious fast-growing tree found mainly in monsoon and rainforests, that can reach a height of up to 30 meters. [3] It is resistant to drought and mild frost. It produces propagating roots which grow downwards as aerial roots on the branches that grow downward like lianas .
"Banyan" often specifically denotes Ficus benghalensis (the "Indian banyan"), which is the national tree of India, [4] though the name has also been generalized to denominate all figs that share a common life cycle and used systematically in taxonomy to denominate the subgenus Urostigma. [5]
This is a list of Ficus species, plants in the Moraceae family. As of July 2022 Plants of ... Ficus benghalensis L. Ficus benguetensis Merr. Ficus benjamina L.
Ficus watkinsiana on Syzygium hemilampra, Australia Strangler fig is the common name for a number of tropical and subtropical plant species in the genus Ficus , including those that are commonly known as banyans .
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. [1] The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.
It is probably a specimen of Ficus benghalensis. In the Telugu language, "marri" denotes "banyan" and "manu" denotes "trunk". [1] [2] Its canopy covers 19,107 m 2 (4.721 acres), [3] [4] [5] and it was recorded as the largest tree specimen in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989. [3] [6] [7] The tree is revered by Hindus ...
The Dodda Aalada Mara, literally translated to Big Banyan Tree, is a giant approximately 400-year-old banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in the village of Kethohalli in the Bengaluru Urban district of Karnataka, India. [1] This single plant covers 3 acres (1.2 ha) and is one of the largest of its kind.
The Lahaina Banyan Tree is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis; known in Hawaiian as paniana) in Maui, Hawaii, United States.A gift from missionaries in India, the tree was planted in Lahaina on April 24, 1873, to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival of first American Protestant mission.