Interesting fact: the Jaya Srī Mahā Bodhi tree in Anurādhapura, Srī Laṅkā was grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree, which was brought by Emperor Asoka's daughter, Saṅghamittā, in the 3rd c BCE. It is THE SAME ORGANISM as the original Bodhi tree. If only it could speak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi

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