Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophtes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Rosales
Family:Maraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:F.religinosa
Binomial name:-Ficus religiosa
L. 1753 not Forssk. 1775
Synonyms :-
Ficus caudata Stokes
Ficus peepul Griff.
Ficus religiosa var. cordata Miq.
Ficus religiosa var. rhynchophylla Miq.
Ficus rhynchophylla Steud
Ficus superstitiosa Link
Urostigma affine Miq.
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Urostigma religiosum (L.) Gasp.
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, pippala tree, peepul tree, peepal tree, pipal tree,[citation needed] or ashwattha tree (in India and Nepal). The sacred fig is considered to have a religious significance in three major religions that originated on the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Hindu and Jain ascetics consider the tree to be sacred and often meditate under them. This is the tree under which Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. The sacred fig is the state tree of the Indian states of Odisha[6] and Haryana.
