Sacred fig

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Leaves and trunk of a Sacred Fig. Note the distinctive leaf shape.


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Cultivation
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Scientific Names

Moraceae >

Ficus >

religiosa >



Read about Sacred fig in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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