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Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent [2] and Indochina [3] that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree , [ 4 ] bo tree , peepul tree , [ 2 ] peepal tree , pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). [ 5 ]
The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening" or "tree of enlightenment" [1]), also called the Bo tree, [2] was a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) [1] [3] located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha , is said to have attained enlightenment, or buddhahood , circa 500 BCE, under that ...
The Aśvattha or Bodhi tree. According to Hindu scriptures, Aśvattha, (Sanskrit: अश्वत्थ) or Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa), is a sacred tree for the Hindus and has been extensively mentioned in texts pertaining to Hinduism, [1] for example as peepul in Rig Veda mantra I.164.20.
[3] [4] Ficus carica is the type species of the genus Ficus, containing over 800 tropical and subtropical plant species. A fig plant is a small deciduous tree or large shrub growing up to 7–10 m (23–33 ft) tall, with smooth white bark. Its large leaves have three to five deep lobes.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Ficus religiosa L. Ficus remifolia Corner ex C.C.Berg; Ficus retusa L.
Ficus arnottiana, commonly known as the Indian rock fig, is a species of fig tree, native to India. Indian rock fig is a tree which is commonly mistaken for peepal ( Ficus religiosa ). [ 1 ] One of the common ways of recognizing Ficus arnottiana from F. religiosa is to examine the color of the leaf-stalk and the veins which are bright pink to ...
Rubber Fig or Rubber Plant-- Ficus elastica Common Fig "अंजीर" in Marathi and Hindi -- Ficus carica Sources: Common Trees of India, Pippa Mukherjee, World Wildlife Fund India/ Oxford University Press 1983 , Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India, D.V. Cowen
Balete tree from a Philippine forest, photographed in 1911 A balete tree near Tagkawayan in southern Luzon, Philippines. The balete tree (also known as balite or baliti) are several species of trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus, which are generally referred to as balete in Filipino.