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Ficus benghalensis
Banyan, Bo Tree, Grove Tree
Origin: South Asia.
| Family |
| Moraceae |
| Genus |
| Ficus |
| Species |
| benghalensis |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H2 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1 - 4 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 - 40 |
| Height |
| 30 m |
| Spread |
| 200 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| An extremely large tree with leaves that emerge bronze and mature to green. A famous specimen near Poona, India is said to have a canopy that measured 700 m in diameter. |
| Landscape |
| Grown as an ornamental tree in very large gardens or parks. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in full sun, being careful not to over water as this causes yellowing and leaf-drop. |
| Shape |
| Spreading crown. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| This tree reaches a height up to 30 meters and spreads laterally indefinitely. It produces aerial roots which later turns into woody trunks, only when it reaches to ground. Leaves are ovate and lateral veins are prominent. This tree is tall and wide spreading crown shaped. |
| Pests |
| Ficus benghalensis is prone to sap sucking pests. Pests like mealy bugs, scale, aphids. mealybugs, scale insects, spider mites, root knot nematodes, eelworm, black fly, and thrips occur under most environmental conditions, anthracnose fungus and bacterial leaf spots, crown gall, twig dieback, and Southern blight. |
| Habitat |
| Found in tropical forests up to1200 m altitude. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Canopy of heavy branches is supported by a large number of secondary trunks. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| The entire leaf bud is covered by a convolvulate stipule. The length of the bud ranges from 1.3 to 4.5 cm and width from 0.5 to 1.3 cm. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves are leathery, emerging bronze and maturing to green, to 25x17 cm. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers are unisexual. |
| Fruit Description |
| Figs appear in pairs on the twigs, to 1.8 cm in diameter, and emerge orange-red and ripening to scarlet with a smattering of indistinct white specks. |
| Colour Description |
| New leaves are in brown color but the color of older leaves are green it changes according to the size of leaves. color of the fruit is green (on April) when fruiting gets start and fruit becomes red in color when it is totally ripened. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium coarse textured and it has no seasonal color. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by seed. |
| Ethnobotanical Uses (Disclaimer) |
| There are many uses of this tree in medicine like leaves are used for curing ulcers, aerial roots for gonorrhea, seeds and fruits for cooling and tonic, bark for diarrhea, diabetes. |
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