Banyan
Twisty trees
grow up and down.
Their leaves? Green.
That trunk? Brown.
It eats up buildings—
its hunger’s so big.
That’s why it’s called
the “strangler fig.”
Bonus Material:
A banyan is a kind of fig tree, though its fruits aren’t safe to eat.
The Ringling Museum has 14 banyans on its property—some of which were around in the times of John and Mabel Ringling (1920s).
