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Taxon:  Ficus benghalensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Ficus
Section:
Conosycea
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Ficeae
Nomen number:
16783
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1059. 1753
Verified:
05/23/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Ficus benghalensis L. var. krishnae C. DC. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus indica L.
Ficus umbrosa Salisb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ficus+benghalensis&quantity=1
  6. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  7. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  11. Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459. http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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  19. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Common names
English
banyan –
banyan fig –
banyantree –
Bengal banyan –
Bengal fig –
East Indian figtree –
horn fig –
Indian banyan –
French
arbre banian –
figuier des pagodes –
German
Banyanbaum –
Banyan-Feige –
India (Hindi)
bot –
Portuguese (Brazil)
bargá –
figueira-Banyan –
figueira-bargá –
Swedish
banianträd –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Invertebrate food
lac insects (fide Mansf Ency) –
Materials
fiber (fide Dict Econ Pl) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):281. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004) –
Social
religious/secular (sacred to Hindus fide Pl Book; Dict Econ Pl) –


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