Ficus religiosa L.
Ficus religiosa L.
Family: Moraceae
Peepal tree, Pipul, Sacred bo tree, Sacred fig
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native to East Himalayas
Use: Ornamental/ Medicinal
Description:
Deciduous trees, 15-25 m high; aerial roots absent; exudation milky. Leaves simple, alternate, new leaves pink, broadly ovate, base truncate or subcordate, apex caudate-acuminate, margin entire, undulate, glabrous. Flowers unisexual; figs, sessile, axillary, in pairs, obovoid or globose. Fig 4-8 mm across, ripening pink, purple or black; achenes smooth.