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  strangler fig

 

Thailand

Initially, the strangler fig is actually not a tree, but a parasitical vine that slowly encircles its host tree, and eventually destroys it by spreading a large crown above it.

 

The host tree will finally die from lack of light and rot away, leaving the fig standing as a bogus tree with a hollow centre (fig.).

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  strangler fig