If your fiddle leaf fig has red spots on the leaves, it's likely the result of overwatering. Let the soil dry out slightly ...

Ficus lacor is a tree with deciduous leaves, of banyan genus of the mulberry family. With its deep roots, strong trunk, and thriving branches and leaves, it has great vitality, grows fast ...

The Telangana Government has undertaken several conservation initiatives including treating termite infestations with ...

This sacred fig tree still draws pilgrims from across the world. 3. Thimmamma Marrimanu, Andhra Pradesh – 550 years This colossal banyan was already sprouting roots before Babur founded the Mughal ...

The unique features of Florida’s banyan or strangler fig make it a fascinating study in environmental symbiosis. Once established on land, the aerial roots provide structural support for the ...

The Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla), sometimes referred to as an Australian banyan, is located in Coimbra ... huge trunk and buttress roots”. Native to the eastern coast of Australia ...

Looking at this 550-year-old member of the Ficus genus from a ... from one trunk, the banyan tree spreads its limbs horizontally and drops down aerial roots to anchor these branches with new ...

Despite facing multiple cyclones, Thimmamma Marrimanu stands strong, continuing to grow and expand; Picture source: BBC The banyan, a type of strangler fig, has a distinct way of growing. Its seeds ...

The banyan tree or Ficus benghalensis is known for its massive spreading trunk and root system. It is also a member of the strangler fig family. Banyan is the National tree of India and a tree in ...

Notably, the Banyan trees fall into strangler fig family, having a weird way of growing. The process begins when a seed lands on another tree’s branch. The next step is the root reaches the ...

Around 1000 BCE, a late hymn of the Rigveda (1,24,7) speaks of the roots of a cosmic banyan tree being held up in the sky by God VaruNa. The Vedic and Hindu texts repeatedly refer to heavenly fig ...

The banyan tree is distinguished by its vast canopy and aerial roots, which grow down from its ... Vishnu, and Shiva. Ficus religiosa, or the Peepal tree, is equally important in Indian tradition.