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Root tips of a Giant strangler fig tree (Ficus stupenda) creep down and traverse the trunk of a host tree. Though never sapping it of nutrients, it will stifle the host's growth as the roots meet and fuse together.

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Nature, Close Views, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo Island (Indonesia), Tree Bark, Z1, Refuges And Reserves, rain forest, National Parks, Southeast Asia, Tree Trunks
Root tips of a Giant strangler fig tree (Ficus stupenda) creep down and traverse the trunk of a host tree. Though never sapping it of nutrients, it will stifle the host's growth as the roots meet and fuse together.