Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Brief Details: Trees grow up to 25 to 35 m tall. Leaves are smooth and leathery, broadly ovate, measuring 9-18 cm long and 7.5-12 cm wide, spirally arranged. The leaves have a distinctive tail-like tip, up to 5 cm long. The fruit of the peepal tree is a fig that is green in the initial stages of development. It turns purple-black in color when ripe.