====== Banyan ======
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latin_names: Ficus benghalensis
folk_names: Arched Fig, Indian Fig Tree, Indian God Tree, Vada Tree
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Jupiter
element_tags: Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Luck
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===== Ritual Uses =====
The banyan is reverenced by the Hindus, and the tree is planted outside around their temples. It is also connected with the worship of Maui in Hawaiian and Polynesian religions.
===== Magical Uses =====
To simply sit beneath or look at a banyan tree brings good luck, and to be married under one ensures the couple's happiness.
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