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Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) is a species of plant in the Moraceae, a large tree, up to 30 meters high, trunk diameter up to 3 meters, heart-shaped leaves with elongated drop tips, up to 30 cm long, up to 20 cm wide and leaf stalks up to 10 cm long.

F. religiosa has small fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, green, purple to black when ripe. Strong trunks submerged in floodwaters.

Dlium Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)


This species grows at elevations of 10-1500 meters, temperatures from 0-35, various types of soil to rock crevices, but prefers alluvial sandy loam soil.



Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus
Species: Ficus religiosa

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