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The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and "have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor.Two species predominate, but sources disagree on their identification: the larger is either the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) or thitpok Tetrameles nudiflora, and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa). or Gold Apple (Diospyros decandra). (Wikipedia)
Banyan Strangling Trees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrameles_nudiflora