How to make Ficus Bonsai Forest - Ficus Religiosa and Ficus Virens
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Ficus religiosa aka Peepal and Ficus Virens aka Pilkhan


Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent, and Indochina. It belongs to the Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, pipal tree, peepul tree, peepal tree, or Ashworth tree (in India and Nepal).


Ficus virens is a plant of the genus Ficus found in India, Southeast Asia, through Malaysia and into Northern Australia. Its common name is white fig; it is locally known as pilkhan and in the Kunwinjku language it is called an-borndi.
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