Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . tail. The few speciesknown are all natives of the Indian archipelago. BANYA (Nagy), or NEUSTADT, a town of Hungary, prov-ince Szathmar, with a royal mint, and productive gold and silvermines. Pop. (1880) 8632. BANYAN, or BANIAN {Ficus Indica), atree, native of India,remarkable for its vast rooting branches. It is a species of Fig(q. v.); has ovate, heart-shaped, entire leaves, about five or sixinches long; and produces a fruit of a rich scarlet color, not largerthan a cherry, growing in pairs from the axils of the l
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . tail. The few speciesknown are all natives of the Indian archipelago. BANYA (Nagy), or NEUSTADT, a town of Hungary, prov-ince Szathmar, with a royal mint, and productive gold and silvermines. Pop. (1880) 8632. BANYAN, or BANIAN {Ficus Indica), atree, native of India,remarkable for its vast rooting branches. It is a species of Fig(q. v.); has ovate, heart-shaped, entire leaves, about five or sixinches long; and produces a fruit of a rich scarlet color, not largerthan a cherry, growing in pairs from the axils of the leaves. The. Banyan-Tree. II ^^Branches send shoots downwards, wnich, when they have rooted,Ij^fbecome stems, the tree in this manner spreading over a great sur-Miace, and enduring for many ages. One has been described ashaving no fewer than 350 stems, equal to large oaks, and morethan 3000 smaller ones, covering a space suflicient to contain 7000persons. The branches are usually covered with monkeys, birds, andenormous bats. The monkeys eat both the fruit and leaves. Thevegetation of the B. seldom begins on the ground. The seeds are deposited by birds in the crowns of palms, and send down rootswhich embrace and eventually kill the palm. As the B. gets old,it breaks up into separate masses, the oiiginal trunk decaying,anil the pro])s becoming separate trunks of the different wood of the B. is light, porous, and of no value. The barkis regarded by the Hindoo physicians as a powerful tonic, and isadministered in diabetes. The white glutinous juice is used torelieve tooth-ache, and also
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