{"id":366808,"date":"2026-07-06T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366808"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:03:59","slug":"oldest-banyan-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/oldest-banyan-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Banyan Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, a banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, estimated to be around 700 years old, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan tree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Oldest Banyan Tree<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366809\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/F._benghalensis_1.webp?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oldest Banyan Tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/F._benghalensis_1.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/F._benghalensis_1.webp?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: India Biodiversity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <strong>evergreen, fast-growing tree<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to the Indian subcontinent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0is <strong>one of the world&#8217;s largest trees based on canopy size.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> Its scientific name is <strong>Ficus benghalensis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It grows primarily in the <strong>seasonally dry tropical biome.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Distribution: <\/strong>It is native to <strong>Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Features:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can<strong> grow 20 &#8211; 30 m or more tall.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>grows in moist tropical and subtropical regions<\/strong> at elevations of <strong>500\u20131,200 m<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>thrives in temperatures of 26\u201336\u00b0C<\/strong> and can tolerate <strong>9\u201340\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It prefers annual rainfall of <strong>1,000\u20132,500 mm<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It prefers fertile, light to medium-textured soils with <strong>pH 5.5\u20137.0<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It usually <strong>begins growing in the branch of another tree,<\/strong> and as it grows older, it sends down aerial roots, which quickly form roots and become much thicker and more vigorous. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Uses:<\/strong> It is harvested <strong>from the wild for its edible fruit and medicinal uses<\/strong>. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also <strong>supplies timber and a material for tying.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also grows as an ornamental and to provide shade along roads, as well as in parks and large gardens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cultural significance:<\/strong> It is <strong>considered sacred by Hindus<\/strong> and is commonly planted for religious purposes.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>Theravada Buddhism,<\/strong> it is said to have been used as the tree for achieving enlightenment, or Bodhi, by the <strong>twenty fourth <a title=\"Buddhahood\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhahood\">buddha<\/a>\u00a0called &#8220;Kassapa&#8221;.<\/strong><sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, a banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, estimated to be around 700 years old, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan tree. About Oldest Banyan Tree It is an evergreen, fast-growing tree native to the Indian subcontinent. It\u00a0is one of the world&#8217;s largest trees based on canopy size. 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