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The Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa) is a speciesSpecies

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity....
of banyanBanyan

Banyan is a subgenus of many species of tropical figs with an unusual growth habit....
figFIG

FIG may refer to:* F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique...
native to Sri Lanka, NepalNepal

Nepal, officially Kingdom of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia, bordered by the People's Republic...
and IndiaIndia

India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia....
, southwest ChinaChina

China is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia....
and IndochinaIndochina

Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia....
east to VietnamVietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia....
. It is known by a wide range of local names, such as Bo or pou (from the Sinhalese bo), Bodhi (in Thai LanguageThai language

The Thai language , is the national and official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's d...
), Pipal (peepal, peepul, pippala, pimpal, etc.), arali or AshvasthaAshvastha

According to the Hindu mythology, ashvastha , that is, the Ficus religiosa, is a sacred tree for the Hindus and has been...
tree. It is a large dry seasonDry season

The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics....
-deciduousDeciduous Overview

Deciduous means "temporary" or "tending to fall off" ....
or semi-evergreenEvergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that retains its leaves all year round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 ...
treeTree

A tree is a large, perennial, woody plant....
up to 30 mM

The letter M is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is em . ...
tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 m.

The leavesLeaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis....
are in shape with a distinctive extended tip; they are 10-17cm long and 8-12cm broad, with a 6-10cm petiole. The fruitFruit

The term fruit has different meanings depending on context....
is a small fig 1-1.5cm diameter, green ripening purple.

The Bodhi treeBodhi tree

The Bodhi tree was a large and very old specimen of the Sacred Fig, located at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya under which...
and the Sri Maha BodhiSri Maha Bodhi

Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka....
propagated from it are famous specimens of Sacred Fig. The known planting date of the latter, 288 BC, gives it the oldest verified age for any angiospermFlowering plant

The flowering plants are a major group of land plants....
plant.

This plant is considered sacred by the followers of HinduismHinduism

Hinduism is a set of religious traditions that originated mainly in the Indian subcontinent....
, JainismJainism

Jainism , traditionally known as Jain Dharma , is a religion and philosophy originating in ancient India....
and BuddhismBuddhism

Buddhism is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, a way of life, a practical philosophy, and arguably a form of psychology....
, and hence the name 'Sacred Fig' was given to it. Siddhartha Gautama is referred to have been sitting underneath a Bo Tree when he was enlightenedBodhi

Bodhi, the Pali and Sanskrit word for "awakening" or "enlightenment", is an abstract noun formed from the verbal root budh...
(Bodhi), or "awakened" (Buddha). Thus,
Bo Tree is well-known symbol for happiness, prosperity, longevity and good luck. Today in India, Hindu SadhuSadhu

In Hinduism, sadhu is a common term for an ascetic or practitioner of yoga who has given up pursuit of the first three Hin...
s still meditate below this tree, and in Theravada Buddhist Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically east o...
, the tree's massive trunk is often the site of Buddhist and animist shrines.

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