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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 693
- Scientific Name: Ficus bengalensis L.
- Family: Moraceae
- Trade Name: Banyan
- Common Name: Peepa, peraal, banyan (india)
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: ബന്യൻ
- Native: India and Pakistan
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- Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas & K. M. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Large spreading evergreen tree.Bark grayish brown, smooth. Leaves elliptic-ovate. Male and female flowers in the same receptacle. Syconus fruit is scarlet red when ripe.
- Wood Anatomy: Diffuse porous wood. Growth rings inconspicuous. Vessels large to small distinct under the hand lens.Rays moderately broad to broad, distinct to the eye, widely spaced, forming inconspicuous to conspicuous flecks on radial surface.
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