Location:

• State: Maharashtra
• Locality: Shirdhi: Just outside the temple complex, near a Hanuman shrine

Botany:

• Common name: Neem or Margosa: A familiar, beloved, superb medicinal tree, planted throughout India.
• Botanical species: Azadirachta indica
• Botanical family : Meliaceae [Neem or mahagony]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide
• Secondary common name : Bodhi Tree or Peepal: A incredibly common and intensely revered strangler fig found throughout the continent or with distinctive pointed leaves
• Secondary botanical species: Ficus religiosa
• Secondary botanical family : Moraceae [Mulberry or fig]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 19.76628636 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 74.47770913 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 516.1 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Shooting Southwards
• Path : From Mumbai inland to Maharashtra, then south into Andhra and Karnataka and coastal Tamil Nadu
• Date photographed: 18.01.09

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• Search Google Images to see other perspectives of the same species: Azadirachta indica (Neem or Margosa)
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• Visit the online Wikispecies database to learn more about the taxonomy of the species Ficus religiosa (Bodhi Tree or Peepal)
• Learn more at Wikipedia about the botanical species: Ficus religiosa (Bodhi Tree or Peepal)
• or about the botanical family : Moraceae [Mulberry or fig]

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