Taxon:
Ficus benghalensis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1059. 1753
Verified:
05/23/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
banyan – banyan fig – banyantree – Bengal banyan – Bengal fig – East Indian figtree – horn fig – Indian banyan – French
arbre banian – figuier des pagodes – German
Banyanbaum – Banyan-Feige – India (Hindi)
bot – Portuguese (Brazil)
bargá – figueira-Banyan – figueira-bargá – Swedish
banianträd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Invertebrate food | lac insects | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# |
Materials | fiber | | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Materials | wood | | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Medicines | folklore | fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):281. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Social | religious/secular | sacred to Hindus | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Social | religious/secular | sacred to Hindus | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |