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Giant · Medicinal
White Banyan
Ficus sp.
India to Sri Lanka
Fun factThe banyan is India's national tree and among the largest trees in the world by canopy area; some specimens are thousands of years old.
A huge evergreen fig with horizontal branches, a fluted trunk and aerial roots that descend from the limbs and thicken into secondary trunks once they reach the ground, so that a single tree can spread into a small grove. It often begins life as an epiphyte and eventually engulfs its host. The glossy leathery leaves cluster at the branch tips, and small red or orange figs feed birds.
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FamilyMoraceae
Also known asBanyan, Indian banyan
Native toIndia, Pakistan, Nepal, the eastern Himalaya and Sri Lanka
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | Jungle Boardwalk | B | 17 June 2016 | Dead | Debbie T., USA |