Bitterroot Restoration

Ficus benghalensis is a very large tree.It is fast growing and evergreen tree up to 3.0 meters. Their spreading branches and many aerial roots.

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Urticales
Family: Moraceae
Common name: Bot, Krishna-bot, Bot gachh(Beng.); Banyan tree(Eng.).
Life cycle: Perennial
Native Range: Native to Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.

Ficus benghalensis is a very large tree.It is fast growing and evergreen tree up to 3.0 meters. Their spreading branches and many aerial roots. Their leaves stalked, ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, entire, when young downy on both sides.

Ficus benghalensis has numerous traditional medicinal uses. Their fruit together with the bark and the leaves and the latex are considered to be the valuable parts by the herbalist.