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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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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.