Banyan trees are one of the largest trees in the world and grow up to 20-25 m with branches spreading up to 100 m. It has a massive trunk that has smooth greyish brown bark and is fluted. They have very powerful roots names in different languages: english- banyan tree hindi- bad bargad baragad kannada- alada mara aala vatavruksha assamese- vat ahat vatgach bengali- bat bat bariksh gujarati- vad kashmiri- bad malayalam- peroal marathi- vad oriya- bata bara punjabi- bhod bhaur tamil- ala alai aala telugu- peddamari marri cheddu urudu- bad bargud