**NEW**BUDDHA TREE**SACRED TREE VERY UNUSUAL**10 SEEDS

ALSO KNOWN AS SACRED FIG, BODHI TREE, BO TREE, PEEPAL TREE, BEEPUL TREE AND ASHWATTHA TREE

THE BUDDHA TREE IS SACRED TO HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS AND MANY OF THE HINDU GODS HAVE CLOSE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE TREE. ALSO IT IS SAID TO HAVE ITS MYTHICAL ORIGIN IN THE PERSONALITY OF INDRA, THE RULER OF THE SKIES AND IT HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED THE TREE OF ETERNAL LIFE WHOSE ROOTS ORIGINATE IN HEAVEN AND WHOSE BRANCHES SPREAD ON EARTH TO BRING BLESSINGS TO HUMAN-KIND.

THE BUDDHA TREE IS NATIVE TO INDIA WHERE THEY CAN GROW UP TO 100 FEET TALL THEY ARE VERY POPULAR IN INDIA AND EVEN GROWN AS BONSAI'S BY THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR A FULL GROWN TREE

HARDY TO ZONE 10 BEST GROWN AS A HOUSEPLANT OR BONSAI SPECIMEN IN THE UK

FOLIAGE:THE PENDANT LEAVES OF THIS FIG TREE ARE HEART SHAPED AND BLUE-GREEN WITH PINKISH VEINS ON LONG, SLENDER, FLEXIBLE STALKS, WHICH MAKE THEM RUSTLE, FLUTTER AND DANCE IN THE SLIGHTEST WHIFF OF WIND. THE LEAVES HAVE AN ELEGANT TAIL-LIKE TIP, WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED A 'DRIP-TIP', GUIDING WATER EFFECIENTLY DOWN TO THE SOIL AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE AERIAL ROOTS WHICH GROW DOWN TO AND INTO THE GROUND WHERE THEY FORM NEW ROOTED TRUNKS. IT IS VERY POPULAR GROWN AS AN ORNAMENTAL AND CAN BE KEPT PRUNED TO THE DESIRED HEIGHT.

FLOWERS: THE SMALL RED FLOWERS APPEAR IN FEBRUARY

FRUIT: THE TREE FRUITS IN MAY-JUNE AND BEARS SMALL FLAT TOPPED FIGS ½ INCH IN DIAMETER WHICH APPEAR IN PAIRS

THE TRUNK HAS SMOOTH GREY BARK AND WITH AGE THIS TRUNK BECOMES IRREGULARLY SHAPED, FLUTED AND OFTEN HAS LOW BUTTRESSES, THE BARK CAN HAVE BROWNISH MARKS/PATCHES AND OFTEN FLAKY

THE TREE IS SEMI - OR FULLY DECIDUOUS IN MONSOON CLIMATES AND IT BECOMES LEAFLESS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN DRY HABITATS.

EXTRA BIT: HEALING POWERS: 'WATERING THE TREE IS A COMMON RITE OBSERVED IN ALL TEMPLES. FOLKLORE HAS IT THAT GIVING LIFE TO THE TREE BY WATERING IS SIMILAR TO GIVING LIFE TO A BEING WHO IS IN NEED OF IT, WHEN SOMEONE IS TAKEN FATALLY ILL, IT IS THE CUSTOM FOR ONE OF HIS RELATIVES TO VISIT THE TREE, WATER IT SEVEN TIMES ON SEVEN DAYS AND MAKE VOWS ON BEHALF OF THE SICK FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY.

THE LEAVES HAVE BEEN WIDELY USED AS A CANVAS FOR SMALL PAINTINGS, SOMETIMES DESCRIBING MYTHICAL/RELIGIOUS THEMES AND ALSO JUST RURAL SCENES THERE ARE MANY SAID HEALING PROPERTIES FROM THIS TREE TOO MANY TO MENTION YOU CAN FIND LOTS MORE IF YOU GO INTO A SEARCH ENGINE WITH THE LATIN NAME. YOU WILL FIND MANY REMEDIES THOUGH PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MILKY JUICE OF LATEX FOUND IN THE STEM, WHICH MUST BE HANDLED WITH CARE AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN INTERNALLY, AS IT MAY BE TOXIC

FULL SOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED.

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