Banyan Tree and Botanical Gardens
Banyan trees are closely related to common Rubber Trees, or Rubber Plants, that you may have in your living room right now.
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Banyan Tree and Botanical Gardens
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| This Banyan Tree - Ficus benghalensis - is the second largest of its kind in the world. It is 400 FEET around the base of this tree! This tree is botanically famous for sending down prop roots to support its wide-spreading branches, and the result is a single tree that looks more like a grove of trees. The only bigger one in the world grows near Calcutta, India, and this is one is monstrous indeed; the one tree covers more than 4 ACRES by itself!
Banyan trees are closely related to common Rubber Trees, or Rubber Plants, that you may have in your living room right now. |
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| Closeup view of the Banyan showing the many prop roots developing around the base. | |||||||||