Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Tree (mù). Kangxi strokes: 14. Page 543, Entry 06. From Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Treasury of Rhymes (Yunhui), pronounced rong. From Jade Treasury (Yupian), the name of a tree. According to Annotations to the Three Styles of Poetry (Santishizhu), when it first grows, it resembles kudzu vines winding around a tree; later, it grows into a large tree. It grows in the southern regions. According to Record of Plants and Trees in the Southern Regions (Nanfang Caomuzhuang) by Ji Han, the leaves of the banyan tree resemble those of the casuarina, and its shade can cover ten acres of land. According to Notes from the Banyan City (Rongcheng Suibi), the Fujian region has many banyan trees, which is why it is called the Banyan City. The branches and leaves of the banyan tree are soft and fragile. After branches grow from the trunk, the branches produce aerial roots that hang down like tassels, winding and attaching themselves to anything they touch. Sometimes trunks attach to one another, appearing like seven or eight trees growing in a cluster; in many cases, there can be dozens or hundreds of roots that merge into a single tree, winding and intertwining, with lush and dense branches and leaves. Cited from Record of Plants and Trees in the Southern Regions (Nanfang Caomuzhuang) by Ji Han of the Jin dynasty.