Description: The Peepal tree or Pipdo (G.) is a tree native of India. It is referred to in the Hindu and Buddhist mythologies. This tree has been given to us by a family of Indian origin, who took care of this Peepul after their neighbor’s house was demolished. (*)
Provided by: Jentilal Chagan e Manchagauribai, Indian-Portuguese.
Present Location: Vitoria Garden Collection (it was transplanted from Quinta da Vitoria neighborhood in October 2014)
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after the demolition in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
(G.) Word in gujarate language.