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Two banyan trees (Ficus bengalensis)<br> Sightseeing in Karnataka picture - Those aerial roots on reaching the ground, anchors themselves and become a new tree, only conjoined with the mother tree. Thus old banyan trees usually have many stems spreading over a large area and it is hard to tell which stem belongs to the original tree. One of nature's games!
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Those aerial roots on reaching the ground, anchors themselves and become a new tree, only conjoined with the mother tree. Thus old banyan trees usually have many stems spreading over a large area and it is hard to tell which stem belongs to the original tree. One of nature's games!
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