The opening paragraph states "The large banyan tree spread in area of about three square kilometres." This doesn't seem credible based either on the prior (historical) circumference given or in comparison with other large banyan trees. That circumference, if for a circular area, would give an area of about 30,000 square metres (0.03 sq km). Other notably large banyan trees have areas given in acres, e.g. The Great Banyan listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having an area of 3 acres. The source for the statement is Gujarat Tourism, but I believe it's in error and doesn't seem reliably mentioned elsewhere. I propose to remove the statement from this and the Ficus benghalensis pages. Thanks to User:Ulugunu for pointing this out.
Happy to hear any thoughts on this. Declangi (talk) 05:00, 18 September 2017 (UTC)Reply
- Canopy area now updated, and at Ficus benghalensis, per referenced paper by YD Bar-Ness. Declangi (talk) 04:47, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
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