banian

• The fawn stopped near a gigantic banian-tree. —  The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old
• The banian is like a huge tent; each branch sends shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, and year after year the tree increases its acreage; hundreds of men can find shelter under these jungle temples Piang!" —  The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old
• Was Ganassi a man, or was he only a voice, the heart of this banian-tree? —  The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old
• Legs in every Atlantic and inland city,--legs in California and Oregon,--legs on the shores of 'Quoddy and of Lake Pontchartrain,--legs everywhere, like a millipede or a banian-tree The schoolmistress that was,--and is,--(there are her little scholars at the side-table.) —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
• All my actions having been carefully thought out and decided upon beforehand, I approached with a bold swagger the shop of a reputable-looking banian, and, in the usual manner of business, took my seat cross-legged before him. —  Tales of Destiny

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