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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. P.......... of the Hindoos. Lvs. ovate-rotund, at tip,........into a long linear-lanceolate tail-like ...........petiole 3-4 in. long; stipules minute: fr......pairs, sessile, dark purple, ½in. thick. In.....p.435.K.67a.Grows 100 ft. high, and........suspended on their long, flexible petioles,......the slightest breeze. "Quite hardy in S. .....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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