Ficus Fig Tree Strangling Another Tree

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Ficus Fig Tree Strangling Another Tree

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Ficus - Strangler fig tree

The strangler fig tree is beginning to take over a large tree with buttress roots. You can still see the original tree's buttress roots and the fig's strangling roots wrapped around them.

For more information about Strangler Fig trees, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangler_fig

Spotted along the jungle trail to Camp 5 in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

Photo processed in True Tone HDR with Tone Mapping from a single RAW exposure.

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on August 25, 2011
Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia
GPS coordinates: 4.126227,114.862355 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)
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