Wednesday 29 June 2016

Where is the largest banyan tree in the world?


The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. It was the widest tree in the world[citationneeded] in terms of the area of the canopy and is estimated to be about 1200 to 1250 years old.

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