Trees in disturbed evergreen to semi-evergreen forests up to 1200 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ficus asperrima Roxb. |
| synonym | Ficus punctifera Warb. |
| synonym | Ficus scabra Willd. |
| synonym | Ficus serrata Forssk. |
| synonym | Ficus silicea Sim |
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Leaf upper side
Fruit insertion
Fruiting branch
Leaf upper side
Petiole and leaf insertion
Habit
Deciduous trees, up to 18 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark pale, greenish, lenticellate.
Branches and branchlets
Young branchlets terete, with stout white scabrid hairs.
Exudates
Latex watery, profuse.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule in pairs, lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-6 cm long, canaliculate, with stout white scabrid hairs; lamina 5.5-17 x 3-7.5 cm, broadly elliptic to obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, base rounded or acute-cuneate; margin denticulate or sinuate to crenate (rarely lobed), scabrid on both surface, coriaceous; 3-nerved at base; midrib slightly raised above; secondary nerves 3-6 pairs, prominent; tertiary nerves broadly percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower
Inflorescence syconia, axillary, solitary, scabrid; flowers unisexual; peduncle to 1.5 cm.
Fruit and Seed
Syconium, obovoid, up to 1.5 cm long, yellow or purple when ripe; achene oblong.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Deciduous trees, to 18 m high; aerial roots none; bark 5-6 mm thick, greenish-white, smooth, punctiform lenticellate, fibrous; blaze creamy white, exudation watery; all parts coarsely and harshly scabrid with stout white hairs. Leaves simple, laxly alternate spiral to opposite or subdistichous; stipules short, paired, lateral, cauducous; petiole 1-6.5 cm long, slender, not articulated, lamina 5.5-19 x 3-9 cm, elliptic, ovate, oblong-lanceolate, or obovate, basal acute, round or cuneate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, margin denticulate or sinuate-crenate to serrate, scabrid on both surfaces, with out, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from base, glands at nerve axils; lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform; leaves of saplings and coppice shoots often lobed. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, axillary, solitary, harshly scabrid; peduncle to 1.5 cm with 2-3 small scattered, lateral bracts, sometimes more or less aggregated into a collar, body subglobose or ellipsoid with scattered small lateral bracts, apical bracts projecting 1-2 mm; internal bristles copious, white, shorter than flowers; flowers of 4 kinds; male flowers sessile, ostiolar, in 1-2 rings; tepals 3-6, oblong-spathulate, white hairy; stamen 1;filament 0.5 mm; anther oblong, parallel; female flowers sessile; tepals 4-7, linear-spathulate, white hairy; ovary superior, obovoid; style filiform, lateral, puberulous, stigma clavate; gall flowers sessile to pedicellate tepals 4-6, lanceolate, white hairy, ovary white, sessile, style terminal, puberulous, stigma dilated. Syconium 0.7-1.5 x 1-1.5 cm, yellow or purple when ripe; achene oblong, slightly keeled, reticulate.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Trees in disturbed evergreen to semi-evergreen forests up to 1200 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
East Africa, Arabia, India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
India, East Africa, Arabia and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- South, Central and Maharashtra Sahyadris.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tiruchchirappalli, Tirunelveli ,Viluppuram
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=972
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=972 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=972
- Ficus exasperata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 197. 1805; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 275. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 378. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 355. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 259. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 432. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 372. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 751. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 447. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 432. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 352. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 429. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 303. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 665. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 394. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 311. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 632. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 464. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 662. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 772. 2009.
- Ficus asperrima Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 554. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 522. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1366(955). 1928.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=972
- Ficus exasperata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 197. 1805; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 275. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 378. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 355. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 259. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 432. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 372. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 751. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 447. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 432. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 352. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 429. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 303. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 665. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 394. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 311. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 632. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 464. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 662. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 772. 2009.
- Ficus asperrima Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 554. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 522. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1366(955). 1928.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
Foliicolous fungi on medicinal plants in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaTree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Rosales |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Genus | Ficus |
| Species | Ficus exasperata Vahl |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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