Information about Ficus benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis

F. benghalensis shoot in Karnataka, India

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Urticales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Species:	F. benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis, also known as Bengal fig, Indian fig, East Indian fig, Indian Banyan or Banyan, is a species of banyan endemic to Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It can grow into a giant tree covering several hectares. The Great Banyan in the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, is considered to be one of the largest tree in the world in terms of area covered.

Illustration Of Ficus benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis can actually create more trunks in a literal sense. Once the plant reaches a certain height, its branches start to drop out of the canopy and assume a vinelike shape. Once these extensions reach the ground, they actually take root and grow in thickness until they are literally tree trunks¹.

References

1. Institute, Bathroom R. Uncle John's Extraorinary Book of Facts for Bathroom Readers. Comp. Allen Orso and Portable Press. Ed. Joann Padgett, Jennifer Payne, and Jennifer Thornton. San Diego, California: Bathroom Reader's Institute, 2006. ii-408.

External links

Bar or Bargad Ficus benghalensis L., hort.purdue.edu

Coordinates: Karnātakā pronunciation (help info )
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866^[1]

Divisions

Green algae

Chlorophyta
Charophyta

Land plants (embryophytes)

Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Urticales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. This order was recognized in many, perhaps even most, systems, with some variations in . Among these is the Cronquist system (1981), which placed the order in the subclass Hamamelidae [sic], as comprising :

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Moraceae
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Genera

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Moraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry family. It comprises about 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate
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Ficus
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Species

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Figs, dried
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 0 kcal 0 kJ

Carbohydrates 64 g
- Sugars 48 g
- Dietary fiber 10 g
Fat 1 g
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges). "Banyan" often refers specifically to the species Ficus benghalensis
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Anthem
Amar Shonar Bangla
My Golden Bengal

Capital
(and largest city) Dhaka

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Anthem
"Sri Lanka Matha"
Music (help info ) , Singing (help info )
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A hectare (symbol ha, pronounced /ˌhɛkˈtɛə(ɹ)/) is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, or one square hectometre, and commonly used for measuring land area.
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Great Banyan was the widest tree in the world, in terms of the area of the canopy. It is estimated as about 200 to 250 years old. It became diseased after it was struck by lightning, so in 1925 the middle of the tree was excised to keep the remainder healthy; this has left it as a
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The Indian Botanical Garden, established in 1787 by the East India Company, is located in Shibpur, Howrah district, West Bengal state, India. The garden, covering an area of around 270 acres, has more than 12,000 living perennial plants and over two and half million dried out
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Howrah (Bengali হাওড়া) (also spelled Haora) is an industrial city in West Bengal, India. It is also the name of the Howrah administrative district which includes the city and its surroundings.
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vine is any plant of genus Vitis (the grape plants) or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vīnea, referred to the grape-bearing variety.
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Ficus Benghalensis

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