101 YUCATAN TREES INDEX

BO TREE

The Bo-Tree, Ficus religiosa, is an introduced fig tree much planted along Mérida's famous Paseo de la Reforma and elsewhere. Though the Bo-Tree's trunk system is like that of the Chinese Banyan's, its leaves are very different, being more or less triangular with long, slender "drip tips" like those shown at the right.

Bo-Trees are native to India and thereabouts, where some regard them as sacred. The Buddha sat beneath a Bo-Tree when he "awakened."

101 YUCATAN TREES INDEX