Banyan tree biography
Banyan tree mayakoba.
Ficus benghalensis
Species of fig tree
Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan,[2] is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent.
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Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage. It is also known as a "strangler fig" because like many other trees in the genus Ficus it starts out as epiphyte, that is, leaning on another tree that it ends up suffocating.
Description
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 tree biography
Once these roots reach the ground, they take root and become woody trunks and supportive.
The figs produced by the tree are eaten by birds such as the Indian myna. Fig seeds that pass