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|familia=Moraceae

|familia=Moraceae

|genus=Ficus  

|genus=Ficus

|species=religiosa

|species=religiosa

|habit=tree

|habit=tree

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|max_zone=12

|max_zone=12

|image=Upload.png

|image=Bo_Tree.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_width=240

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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.  

| name = ''Ficus religiosa''

 

The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[Wiktionary:Cordate|cordate]] in shape with a distinctive extended tip; they are 10–17&nbsp;cm long and 8–12&nbsp;cm broad, with a 6–10&nbsp;cm petiole. The [[fruit]] is a small fig 1-1.5&nbsp;cm diameter, green ripening purple.

 

| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->

| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->

| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->

| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->

| image = Bo_Tree.jpg

| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

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

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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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