Banyan
FamilyMoraceae
Max Height30 m
RangeSouth/Southeast Asia
HabitatTropical forests
About the Banyan
One tree can look like a forest. Begin as epiphytes, send down aerial roots. Great Banyan in Kolkata covers 14,500 sq meters with 3,300+ aerial roots. Sacred in Hinduism. Buddha achieved enlightenment under a banyan relative.
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