EPPO Global Database

Ficus religiosa(FIURE)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: FIURE
  • Preferred name: Ficus religiosa
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia (Malaysia). Cultivated as an ornamental sacred tree. Introduced in Israel, Western Asia (Iraq, Afghanistan), China, Indochina (remaining), USA (Florida), Venezuela


Common names
Name Language
bo English
bodhi tree English
bo tree English
holy fig tree English
peepul English
sacred fig English
Bobaum German
heiliger Feigenbaum German
Pepulfeigenbaum German
arbre bo French
figuier des pagodes French
ficus de las pagodas Spanish
higuera de agua Spanish
fico del diavolo Italian
árvore-do-pagode Portuguese
figueira-dos-pagodes Portuguese
figueira-sagrada Portuguese
indobodaiju Japanese
tenjikubodaiju Japanese
インドボダイジュ Japanese
テンジクボダイジュ Japanese
pú tí shù Chinese
菩提树 Chinese
peepal Hindi
ashwattha Sanskrit
bodhivriksha Sanskrit
plaksha Sanskrit