Banyan. This is not the name of a plant as many think, but rather its life form, a growth characteristic. It most commonly refers to the banyan fig. Banyan is used to describe plants whose branches and trunk are capable of forming multiple aerial roots. At certain points in the tree’s life, there appear to be very many, and they hang like garlands from horizontal branches. Aerial roots grow very slowly, and after some time, most of them dry up without ever reaching the ground. Individual aerial roots grow until they reach the soil and take root, after which their above-ground part thickens intensively, acquiring the appearance of trunks. As it grows, one tree may have several hundred trunks and cover an area of several hectares.
The seeds of the banyan fig are carried by birds. They excrete them onto the trunks of trees, where the seeds take root and sprout. More often than not, the seeds are unlucky, but they have plenty of time, no need to hurry.
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