Bargad / Banyan Tree
Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-July
How to identify Bargad
Identify Bargad by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves folded into a cup shape (Krishna's butter-cup fig).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular (round).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Moraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bargad.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Punjab, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Haryana, Puducherry, Nagaland, Manipur, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Tripura, Daman & Diu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Orbicular (round)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bargad itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Catkin
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बरगद Bargad, वट Vat, bot
- Nepali
- बर Bar, बर
- Bengali
- বট গাছ Bot-Gacha
- Tamil
- ஆல் Aal, அன்னபம் Annapam, அவரோகி Avaroki, அத்தி
- Telugu
- బహుపాదము Bahu-Padamu, భాండీరము Bhandiramu, మర్రి Marri, ఫైకస్
- Kannada
- ಆಲದಮರ Aaladamara, ಗೋಳಿದಮರ Golidamara, ವಟ Vata
- Malayalam
- പേരാൽ Peraal
- Marathi
- वड Vad, वट Vat, वड
About Bargad
Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 31 other states. It is grown as ornamental. Flowering and fruiting run from January to July.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Bargad belongs to the Moraceae family.
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