Talk:Ficus religiosa

The content of Ashvattha was merged into Ficus religiosa on 15 June 2025. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Undefined nature of invasiveness

The botanical nature of its invasiveness is still being discussed on both sides. Literature review provides a more detailed view. As of now, the 'strangling' nature of adventitious aerial roots is a misnomer. Its effects if any are localized within itself and not outside, thereby making its 'invasive' nature more doubtful. I would like plant taxonomists and researchers to step in here. For now, I can whet out basic claims.

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Sorry to remove the oxygen passage. Such information needs to be quoted and related to scientific work. I couldn't find it on the Internet.

David Haberlah 16:36, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

plaska or plaksa?

Looks like a joke... But some say you can get some energy from Sacred fig leaves, enough to recharge a mobile battery. Don't know what to do with this. --Mlelao (talk) 04:26, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Today date this tabah/khalid bin mukhallid 24/04/18 Fidahosein3 (talk) 16:21, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"where L stands for the German ld sound"

"ld" on the end of a German word is pronounced "lt".
So this is saying that L is pronounced "lt"?
Varlaam (talk) 05:02, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No idea where that comes from. Not from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_phonology Kortoso (talk) 20:31, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New section on the ancient importation of this tree to Africa and South Asia

Although it is fairly well known that the Pipal tree was taken from places inside of India and transported to places like Sri Lanka, there are at least a handful of 19th century authors that describe this tree as being found and revered as sacred in parts of ancient Africa that have housed Buddhist missionaries. A modern author tries to cover the topic more fully in the book; The Inherent Scholarly Prejudices on the Relationship between Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity-or-Jesus's Godama Sources and a Truer History of the Post-Axial Age Egyptian, Grecian, and Persian Empires — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.78.66.26 (talk) 12:17, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the life span of the tree?

I think this article fails to provide the most basic information such as the average life span and many other biological facts. A bit more expansion regarding the classification of species and how it is different from other fig trees would also be informative for readers.Cx3z (talk) 18:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Agreed, this article stresses more on the religious significance than botanical aspects. Kalpak (talk) 09:02, 22 May 2016 (UTC)kalpak[reply]

It is a native plant in Iran

In the south of Iran, this plant is native to the region. Some of its trees are more than 500 years old. Irman (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Religious aspects

This article does not mention one of the main reasons that meditation practioners sit under the Bodhi tree to meditate. When a breeze blows the Bo tree leaves make a sound that resembles gentle rainfall. It's incredibly soothing. You can verify this at your nearest Bo Tree, especially in summer when the leaves are dry. 199.168.59.113 (talk) 17:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Proposal

I think Ashvattha should be merged into this page per WP:DUPLICATE - it's an article on the same tree from a Hindu perspective (not religious/cultural aspects in general; only Hindu aspects). It's not a long article, so there are no length issues. CohenTheBohemian (talk) 14:40, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]