Ficus krishnae
A banyan-type fig from India whose leaves have a pocket or cup at the base. It is closely related to Ficus benghalensis and often treated as a variety of it. It is known mainly as a planted tree at temples and in gardens, and it grows into a large evergreen tree with aerial roots. Indoors it makes a sun-loving, warm-growing fig that tolerates a dry winter.
Where it grows wild
It is known almost entirely from cultivation: temples, gardens, parks and city streets across India. It is a close relative of the banyan, which grows in monsoon forest and rainforest, starts life as a hemi-epiphyte and sends down aerial roots that become trunks. The sources consulted did not document any truly wild population.
Few records carry an elevation. The recorded sites are mostly lowland and plateau cities between sea level and about 900 m (Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi).
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