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What is the scientific name of Bodhi Tree? Have you got any pictures?
Bodhi tree is a Ficus plant of Moraceae, with straight trunk and gray bark. The crown of the tree is wavy and round with hanging air roots. Distributed in the southwest and Indo-China Peninsula. Bodhi trees can be used as roadside trees in temples, streets and parks. Bodhi tree is also the county tree in Hualien, Taiwan. It is also the city tree of Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Bodhi tree has many aliases: Shaluo Shuangshu, amoros Jia, Aridoro, Indian Bodhi Tree, Castanopsis tree, Idealism tree, Biro tree and Jueshu, all of which are deeply related to Buddhism. The original Sanskrit name of Bodhi Tree is Pipala, and it is named Bodhi Tree because the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, realized enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Bodhi means enlightenment. Buddhism has always regarded the bodhi tree as a sacred tree. Bodhi trees are widely planted in jungle temples in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and India has designated them as national trees. Bodhi trees secrete milk at the wound and can extract hard rubber. Flowers can be used as medicinal materials. Its fruit is sour, crisp, slightly astringent and has a sweet aftertaste. It likes light and warmth. The strangest thing is that the fruit ripens in August-September, but it can be hung on the tree to keep fresh until February-March of the following year. It has magical effects of eliminating diseases, preserving health and prolonging life. Buddhists have always regarded bodhi tree as a sacred tree, which was planted in different places by Buddhism. However, due to the different geographical climate and growth environment, the bodhi trees planted in other areas have grown and mutated for thousands of years, which is very different from the wild Amoruga trees in India. For example, the two trees of Shaluo in Sri Lanka, Aridoro in Myanmar, and Castanopsis fargesii in China, some can blossom and bear no fruit, some can't blossom and bear no fruit, and most of them can't. Morphological characteristics Bodhi tree is an evergreen tree of Ficus in Moraceae. It is 25-35 meters high, with a huge crown and a diameter of 30 meters. Bark is yellowish white or gray, smooth or slightly longitudinal, with a wide crown; The trunk is uneven. Branches have aerial roots, drooping like whiskers, and lateral branches spread around, with round or inverted oval crowns, sparse branches and leaves, and thick shadows covering the ground. Simple leaves alternate, heart-shaped or triangular, broadly ovoid, petiolate, wavy, leathery, ovoid or triangular, heart-shaped, smooth surface, long tail-shaped tip, long tail-shaped extension, wide wedge-shaped to shallow heart-shaped base, and 8- 10 pairs of lateral veins. Entire or wavy; Dark green, shiny and dust-free, it is regarded as a symbol of the holy tree. Beautiful leaves, often used as poetry and painting themes. Peanuts are in the axils of leaves, but they don't show their true colors. They are called cryptocephalus in pairs. No total handle, oblate. Monoecious; Male flowers are few, nearly oral, sessile, with 3 tepals, stamens1; Female flowers are pedunculate or sessile, with 3-4 perianth segments and a nearly terminal style. There are many galls, with 4-5 perianth pieces; Ovary stipitate and style linear. Hidden flowers and fruits, oblate, mature in winter, purple-black. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is from May to June. Fruit: Cryptocarpus axils are paired, oblate, with purple spots scattered on the surface and 3 leathery bracts at the base. Alternating leaves and sharp drops are the characteristics of this variety, which adapts to tropical rain forest. The root pressure of this tree is amazing, and you can see the water secreted by the leaves dripping from the tip in the morning.