Original: '' Banyan '' often refers specifically to the Indian Banyan or Ficus benghalensis , the National tree of India , though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a unique life cycle , and systematically to refer to the subgenus Urostigma .
Simplified: '' Banyan '' often refers to the Indian Banyan or Ficus benghalensis , the National tree of India . The term actually includes all figs which share their epiphytic life cycle .