The Great Banyan Tree - The canopy area of this massive banyan tree in the Indian Botanic Garden is 14,500 square meters. According to its area, it is the widest tree in the world. It is as wide as a cricket ground. This tree is 250 years old and 24.5 meters in height. It has 3,772 prop roots and its canopy circumference is 486 meters. Around 87 species of birds are found on this tree.
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents. Its main trunk became diseased after it was struck by two cyclones, so in 1925 the main trunk of the tree was amputated to keep the remainder healthy; this has left it as a clonal colony, rather than a single tree. A 970-metre-long (3,180 ft) road was built around its circumference, but the tree continues to spread beyond it.