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A Gular tree in full fruit in June 2021, at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. A Ficus in fruit makes for a fruit feast for Hornbills, squirrels and Barbets, among other birds! The highly nutritious fig fruit clambering on the trunks on the Gular tree near a busy traffic intersection in Delhi. Ants running all over the fruits on the tree trunk. Fruits in different stages of maturation are seen up close. Ants swarming the green fruit which is full of white latex. The latex is used in many traditional medicines. Gular trees are common in India and are a sacred tree for Hindus. The different parts of the trees are of medicinal uses and the fruit is highly nutritious. Gular and Banyan are two different species of Ficus - glomerata and benghalensis. Gular grows fruit on trunk while barhgad or ban