Bo tree in the Maldives.

A Bo Tree, Raskatheemu ( King’s Island)- maldives - photo by ali rilwan
the sacred bodhi tree of the maldivan buddhists

Ficus religiosa or sacred fig (Nepali: पीपल, pīpal; Punjabi: ਪਿੱਪਲ) is a species of fig native to Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, south-west China and Indochina. It belongs to the Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. Sinhala (Sri Lanka)name to this tree is Esathu .It is also known as the Bo-Tree (from the Sanskrit Bodhi: "wisdom", "enlightened", and as a Sinhalization of this the Sinhala Bo) or ^[1] Peepal or Pippal (in India and Nepal).^[2]