Ficus benghalensis

Banyan
	The Great Banyan in Howrah, Kolkata
	Banyan figs at Indira Gandhi Zoo Park, Visakhapatnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Subgenus:	F. subg. Urostigma
Species:	F. benghalensis
Binomial name
	Ficus benghalensis; L. 1753
Synonyms
	Ficus banyana Oken ; Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae (C. D. C.) Corner; Ficus chauvieri G. Nicholson; Ficus cotoneifolia Vahl; Ficus cotonifolia Stokes; Ficus crassinervia Kunth & C. D. Bouché; Ficus karet Baill.; Ficus krishnae C. D. C.; Ficus lancifolia Moench; Ficus lasiophylla Link; Ficus procera Salisb.; Ficus pubescens B. Heyne ex Roth; Ficus umbrosa Salisb.; Perula benghalensis Raf.; Urostigma benghalense (L.) Gasp.; Urostigma crassirameum Miq.; Urostigma procerum Miq.; Urostigma pseudorubrum Miq.; Urostigma rubescens Miq.; Urostigma sundaicum Miq.; Urostigma tjiela Miq.;

Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan,^[2] is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent. Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage. It is also known as the "strangler fig" because it starts out as epiphyte, that is, leaning on another tree that it ends up suffocating.

^ The Plant List, Ficus benghalensis Linnaeus.
^ "Ficus benghalensis L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

[1] The Plant List, Ficus benghalensis Linnaeus.

[GRIN-2] "Ficus benghalensis L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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Banyan

The Great Banyan in Howrah, Kolkata

Banyan figs at Indira Gandhi Zoo Park, Visakhapatnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Subgenus:	F. subg. Urostigma
Species:	F. benghalensis
Binomial name
*Ficus benghalensis* L. 1753
Synonyms
Ficus banyana Oken Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae (C. D. C.) Corner Ficus chauvieri G. Nicholson Ficus cotoneifolia Vahl Ficus cotonifolia Stokes Ficus crassinervia Kunth & C. D. Bouché Ficus karet Baill. Ficus krishnae C. D. C. Ficus lancifolia Moench Ficus lasiophylla Link Ficus procera Salisb. Ficus pubescens B. Heyne ex Roth Ficus umbrosa Salisb. Perula benghalensis Raf. Urostigma benghalense (L.) Gasp. Urostigma crassirameum Miq. Urostigma procerum Miq. Urostigma pseudorubrum Miq. Urostigma rubescens Miq. Urostigma sundaicum Miq. Urostigma tjiela Miq.^[1]