Moraceae
Peepul tree
Ficus religiosa
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
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Common names
By language (54)
- Arabic
- أثأب الهند, تين بودي, تين مقدس, شجرة بيبال, فيكس أبو لسان
- arz
- اثاب الهند
- Assamese
- আঁহত
- awa
- पीपर
- ban
- Bodi
- Bangla
- অশ্বত্থ, অশ্বথ, পিপল, পিপুল
- Bhojpuri
- पीपर
- Bulgarian
- Свещен фикус
- Burmese
- ဗောဓိညောင်ပင်, ညောင်ဗုဒ္ဒဟေ, ညောင်ဗောဓိ
- Cantonese
- 菩提樹
- Catalan
- Figuera sagrada, Arbre de la il·luminació, Arbre de les pagodes, Pipal
- Chinese
- 菩提树, 菩提樹, 印度菩提树皮, 思维树
- Czech
- Fíkovník posvátný, Pipal
- Divehi
- އަޝްވަތި ގަސް
- English
- Peepul tree, Bo-tree, Pipal tree, Sacred fig
- Estonian
- Püha viigipuu
- Finnish
- Temppeliviikuna, Bodhipuu, Pipal, Pyhäviikuna
- French
- Figuier des pagodes, Arbre de la bodhi, Pipal
- gsw
- Pippal-Baum
- Gujarati
- પીપળો
- Hebrew
- פיקוס קדוש
- Hindi
- पीपल
- Japanese
- インドボダイジュ, インドボタイジュ
- Kannada
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ
- Korean
- 인도보리수
- ks
- پیپل
- lah
- پپݪ
- Latvian
- Pīpals, Svētais gumijkoks, Svētais vīģes koks, Svētais vīģeskoks, Svētā vīģe
- Lithuanian
- Maldyklinis fikusas
- Malayalam
- അരയാൽ, Bodhi tree, പീപ്പലം
- Marathi
- पिंपळ
- Nepali
- पिपल
- Odia
- ଓସ୍ତ, ଅଶ୍ଵତ୍ଥ
- os
- Табуйаг фикус
- Persian
- انجیر معابد
- Polish
- Figowiec pagodowy
- Portuguese
- Figueira-dos-pagodes
- Punjabi
- ਪਿੱਪਲ
- Russian
- Фикус священный, Дерево бодхи, Фикус религиозный
- sat
- ᱦᱮᱸᱥᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ
- Serbian (Latin)
- Sveta smokva
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႉၺွင်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈၺွင်ႇ, မႆႉၺွင်ႇ
- Sindhi
- بڙ, پپل
- Sinhala
- ඇසතු
- Slovenian
- Sveti figovec
- Spanish
- Acyutavāsa, Arbol Plaska, Ashwattha, Audumbara, Aúdumbara, Aśvattha, Higuera de agua, Higuera sagrada
- Tamil
- அரச மரம், அச்சுவத்தம், அரசு, கவலை, சராசனம்
- tcy
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ ಮರ
- Telugu
- రావి చెట్టు
- Thai
- โพ
- Ukrainian
- Фікус священний
- Urdu
- پیپل
- Vietnamese
- Bồ đề, Cây bồ-đề, Cây đề, Bồ-đề thụ, Cây bồ đề, Đề
- wuu
- 菩提树
Synonyms
- Ficus caudata Stokes
- Ficus peepul Griff.
- Ficus religiosa var. cordata Miq.
- Ficus religiosa var. rhynchophylla Miq.
- Ficus rhynchophylla Steud.
- Ficus superstitiosa Link
- Urostigma affine Miq.
- Urostigma religiosum (L.) Gasp.
Flowers
- In flower
- August (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: caroline rousseaux, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex G, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gberstel, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ngajay Tshering, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anish nellickal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: E.Maissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.