Herbarium JCB

Ficus drupacea var. pubescens (Roth) Corner

Family : MORACEAE
(MULBERRY FAMILY OR FIG FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Ficus drupacea
Variety : pubescens
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus drupacea Thunb.
Common name : Mysore Fig
Vernacular name : Bili golimara (Kan.); Kalaal, Kozhiaalamaram (Tam.); Konda marri chettu (Tel.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0652
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 24/03/16
Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Key identification features : A large tree with a spreading crown, often leafless when in fruit. Aerial roots are few and embrace the trunk. Younger branches are grey and hairy. Leaves are shiny on the upper surface and rusty-tomentose beneath. Figs (2-2.5 cm) occur in pairs in the leaf axils, hairy when young, yellow when ripe. Birds prefer these fruits. Bark is thick, grey-brown and more or less smooth.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : December-May
Native : India
Comments : Often on hills to 800 m in deciduous forests.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Ganjam district, Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Laos
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Ficus drupacea var. pubescens. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.