Autobiography of a peepal tree in nepali
Sacred Fig, often known as Ficus religiosa, is a fig species indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. It is a member of the Moraceae fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the ashvattha tree, bodhi tree, pippala tree, peepal tree, peepal tree, and pipal tree in India and Nepal.
Peepal tree fruit
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, the three major religions that emerged on the Indian subcontinent, consider the sacred fig to have religious importance. Hindu and Jain ascetics regard the plant as sacred and frequently meditate beneath it. It is said that Gautama Buddha acquired enlightenment beneath this tree. See also: Banyan tree : All you need to know.
See Also: also Morinda Indian Mulberry. Source: Pinterest. See also: Fruit plants: Everything you Need to Know. Ficus religiosa or sacred fig belongs to the Ficus genus from the Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. The genus has around n species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes.