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Ficus benghalensis

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Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica, or Ficus audrey commonly known as the 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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Family
Moraceae

Ecology

How it lives

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Name
Ficus benghalensis
Slug
ficus-benghalensis
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
benghalensis
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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