✿Moraceae · Ficus
Bargad / Banyan Tree
Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae
TreeMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-July
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.
Botanical family
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Bargad belongs to the Moraceae family.
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