[1] The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.

The banyan plant is seen sometimes growing from the little wet dust deposits on buildings because birds carry them around for eating.

The Great Banyan tree is believed to be at least 250 years old, and has been referenced in many travel books, going back to at least the nineteenth century.

Early travel writers found it to be noteworthy due to its large size and its unusually high number of prop-trunks.

With its large number of aerial roots, which grow from the branches and run vertically to the ground, The Great Banyan is said to appear more like a dense forest than as an individual tree.