Ficus benghalensis(FIUBG)
Overview Code created in: 2002-04-09
- EPPO Code: FIUBG
- Preferred name: Ficus benghalensis
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. Cultivated as an ornamental, and sacred, tree, whose branches spread horizontally supported by aerial roots, so that single trees can occupy a great area. Introduced in the rest of Western Asia, Indochina, USA (Florida), Australia (Queensland)
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| banyan | English |
| banyan fig | English |
| East India fig | English |
| horn fig | English |
| Indian banyan | English |
| indischer Banyanbaum | German |
| Würgfeigenbaum | German |
| figuier banyan | French |
| figuier des banyans | French |
| figuier d'Inde | French |
| laurel de India | Spanish |
| figueira-de-bengala | Portuguese |
| bengarubodaiju | Japanese |
| ベンガルボダイジュ | Japanese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Rosales (
1ROSO )
Family
Moraceae (
1MORF )
Genus
Ficus (
1FIUG )
Species
Ficus benghalensis (
FIUBG )