- Family : MORACEAE
(MULBERRY FAMILY OR FIG FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Moraceae
- Species : Ficus semicordata
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
- Vernacular name : Khurkur, Khain, Khenan, Jahrphali, Khewnau (Hin.); Bomma marri, Bomma matti, Erubodda (Tel.); Bhui dumri, Kharsal, Podia, Dumri, Purhai, Godima (Ori.)
- Key identification features : A moderate size tree with aerial roots. Bark thick, reddish-brown, rough. Leaves are very distinctive; semisaggitate, one side with a large 3-4 ribbed lobe, the other cuneate with a small 1-2 ribbed lobe. Figs are in pairs, shortly peduncled on leafless branchlets.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : November-June
- Comments : Rare, near streams and in cool, damp places.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mehbubnagar district (Telangana State); Ganjam district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.
- 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 semicordata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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