SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Banyan
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Neem
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Tamarind (lmli)
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Peepal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Prop roots grow downwards from branches and provide support to the plant. Banyan tree has prop roots.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prop roots are created in banyan (Ficus benghalensis). They are otherwise called column roots. These are unusual roots that create from the enormous even branches in trees, hang downwards and lastly enter the ground. This gives them column-like appearance, for example Ficus bengalensis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prop or pillar or columnar roots are pillar-like roots which give extra mechanical support to heavy stem branches, e.g., banyan tree.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hanging roots of banyan trees are known as prop roots. These are hanging adventitious roots arising from the aerial branches growing downwards, to provide extra structural support to plants.