Herbarium JCB

Ficus exasperata Vahl

Family : MORACEAE
(MULBERRY FAMILY OR FIG FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Ficus exasperata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus exasperata Vahl
Common name : Sand Paper Tree
Vernacular name : Kalmnor (Hin.); Paaje, Gargatti (Kan.); Maramthinniathi, Paeperunkaai (Tam.); Karaka Bodda, Siri bodda (Tel.); Korito sano (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0658
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 25/03/16
Collection Locality : Semmedu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Stream banks of Mixed forest
Key identification features : A small tree. Bark is pale and lenticellate. Leaves are simple, elliptic-obovate, scabrid above and hispid beneath, lamina serrate, triplinerved, lateral nerves 4-6 pairs, up to 13 cm long, 6 cm broad. Stipules are caducous, petiole to 5 cm long. Figs are scabrid, usually solitary, axillary and globose.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : November-May
Comments : Often on hills above 1000 m.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : East Africa, Arabia, India, Sri Lanka
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 exasperata. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.