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Indian Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica, or Ficus audrey commonly known as banyan, banyan fig, audrey fig and Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian subcontinent. 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 enveloping.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Ficus benghalensis
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Rosales
Habit: tree

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