Bo tree

[Sarah]

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing atAnurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under whichGautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to havebecome Buddha.The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which isplanted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much venerationas the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.