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Banyan Tree
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Common name: Banyan tree • Apatani: Saro Sanii • Assamese: বড়গছ Borgos, বট-বৃক্ষ Bot-Brikkho, যক্ষতৰু Jokhyotoru, মহাচ্ছায় Mohassay, ঐশানু Oixanu, শিফাৰুহ Xipharuh • Bengali: বট গাছ Bot-Gacha • Boro: बामोन फाख्रि बिफां Bamwn Phakhri Biphang, फाख्रि लेनजाइ Phakhri Lenjai • Dimasa: Prap Bupang • Dogri: बौहड़ Bouhar • Garo: Gonok • Gujarati: વડ Vad, વટ Vat • Hindi: बरगद Bargad, वट Vat • Kachchhi: વડજો ઝાડ Vadjo Jhad • Kannada: ಆಲದಮರ Aaladamara, ಗೋಳಿದಮರ Golidamara, ವಟ Vata • Karbi: চেৰি হান্থৰ Cheri Hanthor • Kashmiri: वटवृक्षः Vatavrkshah, वर् War • Konkani: गोळी रूकू Goli Rooku, व्हडा रूकू Vhada Rooku • Kuki: Rabung • Malayalam: പേരാൽ Peraal • Manipuri: ꯈꯣꯡꯅꯥꯡ ꯇꯔꯨ Khongnang Taru • Marathi: वड Vad, वट Vat • Mizo: Hmâwng • Nepali: बर Bar • Odia: ବର Bara, ବଟ ବୃକ୍ଷ Bata-Brksa • Pahari: बढ़या Badhya • Pali: निग्रोध Nigrodha, वटरुक्ख Vatarukkha • Punjabi: ਬਡ਼ Bar, ਬੋਹਡ਼ Bohar • Rajasthani: बरगद Bargad, बड़ Bar • Sanskrit: अवरोहशाखिन् Avarohashakhin, अवरोहिन् Avarohin, बहुपद् Bahupad, भण्डीर Bhandira, भृङ्गिन् Bhrungin, भूकेश Bhukesha, बृहत्पाद Brhatpada, ध्रुव Dhruva, जटाल Jatala, महाछाय Mahachaya, मण्डलिन् Mandalin, नील Nila, न्यग्रोध Nyagrodha, पादरोहण Padarohana, रक्तफल Raktaphala, रोहिन् Rohin, शूलिन Shulina, शुङ्ग Shunga, सिद्धार्थ Siddhartha, स्कन्धरुह Skandharuha, उपस्थपत्त्र Upasthapattra, वैश्रवणावास Vaishravanavasa, वैश्रवणोदय Vaishravanodaya, वाजिविष्ठा Vajivishta, वनस्पति Vanaspati, वट Vata, वटवृक्ष Vatavrksha, विटपिन् Vitapin, वृक्षादन Vrkshadana, वृक्षनाथ Vrkshanatha, वृक्षपाक Vrkshapaka, यज्ञवृक्ष Yagyavrksha, यक्षतरु Yakshataru, यक्षावास Yakshavasa, यमप्रिय Yamapriya • Santali: ᱵᱟᱲᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ Bare Dare • Sindhi: بَڙُ Badru, ٻَٽُ Battu • Tamil: ஆல் Aal, அன்னபம் Annapam, அவரோகி Avaroki, சம்புச்சயனம் Campu-C-Cayanam, சடாலம் Catalam, சிபாருகம் Ciparukam, ஏகவாசம் Ekavacam, இரத்தப்பலம் Iratta-P-Palam, இயக்குரோதம் Iyakkurotam, ககவசுகம் Kaka-Vacukam, காமரம் Kamaram, காதவம் Katavam, கோளி Koli, மகாச்சாயம் Maka-C-Cayam, முதுமரம் Mutu-Maram, நிக்குரோதம் Nikkurotam, பாலி Pali, பழுமரம் Palu-Maram, பூகேசம் Pu-Kecam, பூதவம் Putavam, தொன்மரம் Ton-Maram, உலூகலம் Ulukalam, வைச்சிரவனாலயம் Vaicciravan-Alayam, வானோங்கி Van-Onki, வடல் Vatal, வடம் Vatam, விருகற்பாதம் Virukar-Patam, யக்கதரு Yakkataru, யமப்பிரியம் Yama-P-Piriyam, யட்சவாசம் Yatca-Vacam • Telugu: బహుపాదము Bahu-Padamu, భాండీరము Bhandiramu, మర్రి Marri, వటము Vatamu, విటపి Vitapi • Tibetan: ཎི་གྲོ་དཧ Ni-Gro-Dha • Tulu: ಗೋಳಿದಮರ Golidamara, ವಟ Vata • Urdu: برگد Bargad Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Ficus benghalensis      Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)

Barh or Banyan, a remarkable tree of India and tropical Africa sends down from its branches great numbers of shoots, which take root and become new trunks. A single tree thus may spread over a large area and look like a small forest. This tree is considered to be sacred in some places in India. A specimen in the Calcutta botanical garden is more than 100 years old. It has a main trunk 13 feet (4 m) in diameter, 230 trunks as large as oak trees, and more than 3,000 smaller ones. The largest banyan tree known is on the island of Sri Lanka. It has 350 large trunks and over 3,000 small ones. The banyan often grows to a height of over 21 meters and lives through many ages. Perhaps the most amazing part of this extraordinary tree is its flower. What we think of as the fruit is really a hollow, flower-bearing structure called a cyconia. The inside it is lined with hundreds of male and female flowers. The males carry pollen and the females bear seeds. Various parts of this plant are considered medicinal. The bark of this therapeutically valuable tree is attributed with tonic, astringent,cooling and diuretic properties in Ayurveda. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in New Delhi

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