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Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica, or Ficus audrey commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, [2] is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent.Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage.
Indian fig is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ficus benghalensis, a species of banyan tree also known as East Indian fig. Opuntia ficus-indica, a species of cactus also known as Indian fig opuntia. Opuntia humifusa, a species of cactus also known as eastern prickly pear. Ficus racemosa, is a species of plant in the family ...
Indian Cork Tree (Jasmine tree, Akas nim or Nim chameli in Hindi, karkku கர்க்கு in Tamil, Kavuku in Telugu) -- Millingtonia hortensis Java Plum (Black Plum, Jamun in Hindi and Bhojpuri, Kala Jambu in Gujarati, Kalojam in Bengali, ನೇರಳೆ NeraLe in Kannada, Jambhul-जांभूळ in Marathi and Naval or Nagal in Tamil ...
The family varies from colossal trees like the Indian Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) which can cover five acres (two hectares) of ground, to Dorstenia barnimiana which is a small stemless, bulbous succulent 2–5 cm in diameter that produces a single peltate leaf on a 4–15 cm petiole. These two species have an approximately one billion fold ...
Ficus: fig trees; Ficus altissima: council tree Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus aspera: lofty fig; clown fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus aurea: Florida strangler fig Moraceae (mulberry family) 876 Ficus auriculata: Roxburgh fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus benghalensis: banyan fig; Bengal fig; Indian fig; East Indian fig; Indian banyan
It is a fig tree belonging to the group of trees known as strangler figs, which is because its seeds can germinate on other trees and grow to strangle and eventually kill the host tree. It has two marked growth periods in its Indian environment: in spring (February to early May), and in the time of the monsoon rains (i.e. June to early September).
Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the devil's-tongue, [2] eastern prickly pear or Indian fig, is a cactus of the genus Opuntia present in parts of the eastern United States and northeastern Mexico. [ 3 ]
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.