Buttress Roots of Giant Strangler Fig Tree, Ficus sp., Christmas Island, Australia

Buttress Roots of Giant Strangler Fig Tree, Ficus sp., Christmas Island, Australia

Gopura tower entrance door with lithophyte strangler fig roots, 12th century Ta Som temple, Ta Som, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Roots of lithophyte strangler fig at 12th century temple complex Ta Prohm, a Tomb Raider film location, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Roots of a banyan tree (Strangler Fig) (Ficus benghalensis) reaching down over a ledge into a rock pool, Tsimanampesotse National Park in southwestern Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Strangler Fig Tree, Curtain Fig Tree (Ficus virens), rainforest, Curtain Fig Tree National Park, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Strangler Fig Tree (Ficus virens), rainforest, Curtain Fig Tree National Park, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

The sprawling buttress root system of a rainforest tree. Mary Caincross reserve, Queensland, Australia.