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| name = ''Ficus religiosa''
|familia=Moraceae
| common_names = Sacred Fig
|genus=Ficus
| growth_habit = tree
|species=religiosa
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Sacred Fig
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=tree
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht box=30
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Min ht metric=ft
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht box=40
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
|Max wd box=25
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| image = Bo_Tree.jpg
|exposure=sun
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| image_caption = Leaves and trunk of a Sacred Fig. Note the distinctive leaf shape.
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=12
|image=Bo_Tree.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Leaves and trunk of a Sacred Fig. Note the distinctive leaf shape.
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The '''Sacred Fig''' ('''''Ficus religiosa''''') or '''Bo-Tree''' (from the [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] ''bo'')<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, 1971, p.1014</ref> is a [[species]] of [[banyan]] [[ficus|fig]]. It is a large [[dry season]]-[[deciduous]] or semi-[[evergreen]] [[tree]] up to 30 [[m]] tall and with a [[tree trunk|trunk]] diameter of up to 3 m.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[Wiktionary:Cordate|cordate]] in shape with a distinctive extended tip; they are 10–17 cm long and 8–12 cm broad, with a 6–10 cm petiole. The [[fruit]] is a small fig 1-1.5 cm diameter, green ripening purple.
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Ficus religiosa, Linn. Peepul Tree of the Hindoos. Lvs. ovate-rotund, at the apex produced into a long linear-lanceolate tail-like appendage; petiole 3-4 in. long; stipules minute: fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, dark purple, ½in. thick. India. Grows 100 ft. high, and the leaves, suspended on their long, flexible petioles, rustle in the slightest breeze. "Quite hardy in S. Calif. but not attaining very large size."—Franceschi.
Ficus religiosa, Linn. Peepul Tree of the Hindoos. Lvs. ovate-rotund, at the apex produced into a long linear-lanceolate tail-like appendage; petiole 3-4 in. long; stipules minute: fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, dark purple, ½in. thick. India. Grows 100 ft. high, and the leaves, suspended on their long, flexible petioles, rustle in the slightest breeze. "Quite hardy in S. Calif. but not attaining very large size."—Franceschi.
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