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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Ficus	Species: Ficus benghalensis Linn.( बरगद, बढ़ )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Ficus banyana Oken, Perula benghalensis Raf.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Bargad, Barh , Bahupada, Bada	Flower Type	Hypanthodium
English / Trade Name	Banyan tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Bargad, Barh	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1500 m	Fruit Type	Syconium
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Figs subsessile, globose, silky pubescent, 1.2-1.6 cm across, purplish-red when ripe.
Habitat	Fairly common; miscellaneous or Sal forests or planted along road sides.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Wild in sub Himalayan tracts, planted throughout India; Sri Lanka and Pakistan.	Bark Details	Bark grayish-white, smooth, exudes milky latex when cut.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Evergreen, spreading trees, to 35 m high; with numerous aerial roots; bark grayish-white, smooth; young parts softly pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, 10-18 x 5-12 cm, base rounded or subcordate, entire, obtuse, leathery; basal neraves 5-7; petioles 1-3.5 cm long. Figs. subsessile, globose, silky pubescent, 1.2-1.6 cm across, purplish-red when ripe. Basal bracts suborbicular, coriaceous.	Leaf Details	Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, 10-18 x 5-12 cm, base rounded or subcordate, entire, obtuse, leathery; basal neraves 5-7; petioles 1-3.5 cm long.

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