Banyan Tree
Common Name: Bargad
Botanical Name: Ficus Benghalensis
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Banyan is a common home and houseplant, but in the wild it's a giant tree of Indian jungles. Banyan starts out life as an epiphyte growing on another tree where some fig-eating bird deposited a seed. As it grows, banyan produces aerial roots that hang down from horizontal branches and take root where they touch the ground. These vertical "prop roots" can create a forest on their own. Banyan can get 100 ft tall and, with its massive limbs supported by prop roots, spread over an area of several acres.. The leaves of the tree are large and leathery. They often have prominently marked veins. The figs are scarlet red, about a half-inch in diameter, and reportedly not particularly tasty.
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