Herbarium JCB

Ficus amplissima J.E.Smith

Family : MORACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Ficus amplissima
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus amplissima Sm.
Common name : Yellow-barked Fig
Vernacular name : Bilibasuri mara (Kan.); Jadi (Hin.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2736, KFP 337
Key identification features : A large spreading tree, sometimes with aerial roots. Petiole upto 3 cm long, leaf blade ovate, slightly acuminate at the apex to 10 cm long, 6 cm broad, leathery.The basal nerves are 3, lateral nerves of 10-12 pairs. Figs occur in axillary pairs, sessile, bracts small and scaly.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Sri Lanka
Comments : Frequent along roadsides.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bidar, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara