strangler

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He spotted a strangler fig and described how it sprouted from a seed that found purchase in the high crotch of another species, slowly sent roots to the ground, and ultimately choked its host.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Driving west from El Hormiguero toward the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, the road wends through ceibas, strangler figs, and sapodillas, a tree prized since Maya times for its chicle gum.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

Gnarled strangler figs twisted up toward the sky.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

It includes a rare parasitic fungus nicknamed the strangler, due to its ability to take over other fungi.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2022

They came to drier soil with strangler figs splitting the rocks.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer