Indian Banyan – Ficus benghalensis

• Can reach up to 100 ft. and its canopy can extend out over a large area.
• The wood from the aerial roots can be made into a wide variety of products. 

    ​Source: (Majesty II, 1991)

• Native to India/Pakistan.
• Hindus believe that the banyan is the tree “representing eternal life”.
• Useful as shade trees.
• “Trunk circle” can reach 600 ft. in diameter once aerial roots form outward meandering trunks.
• Leaves are oval shape with lateral veins.
• Leaves are small 1-2 cm.
• Fig fruits are red when ripe.
• Wood that is sometimes used to make furniture.

    Source: (KRBG)

• Grows in almost any well-drained soil and has moderate drought and salt tolerance and good wind tolerance.
• Sacred to Hindus.
• Aerial roots and accessory trunks.
• Moraceae (Mulberry Family).
• Other names: Banyan, Vada tree.

    ​Source: (Rauch, 2000)