The Great Banyan
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The Great Banyan is a banyan tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its
The Great Banyan Tree
Full expanse of Great Banyan
An engraving of the tree published in 1794 by Thomas Maurice
Main Trunk Marker Stone. The original trunk measured 50' in diameter before it was damaged in two cyclones c. 1925, and had to be removed in order to preserve the remainder of the tree.
Banyan
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A banyan, also spelled banian, is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a s
The Great Banyan
…The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree…
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