Rajagiri Flora

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Banyan Tree
Botanical Name

Ficus benghalensis L.

Common Name Banyan Tree
Local Name പേരാൽ
Family Moraceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae

Banyan tree is native to Indian subcontinent, an evergreen and monoecious tree have large canopy coverage and reaches to a height of 30 m. The propagating aerial roots grow downwards and become supportive woody trunks. Leaves are ovate to elliptic and acuminate leaf apex, fruits are berries. 

  • Ornamental tree, used in traditional medicine, possess religious importance and often planted around temples.  
Botanical Name

Ficus benghalensis L.

Common Name Banyan Tree
Local Name പേരാൽ
Family Moraceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae

Banyan tree is native to Indian subcontinent, an evergreen and monoecious tree have large canopy coverage and reaches to a height of 30 m. The propagating aerial roots grow downwards and become supportive woody trunks. Leaves are ovate to elliptic and acuminate leaf apex, fruits are berries. 

  • Ornamental tree, used in traditional medicine, possess religious importance and often planted around temples.