- Family : MORACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Moraceae
- Species : Ficus arnottiana
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.
- Common name : Indian Rock Fig
- Vernacular name : Kapitanah, Parisah (San.); Paras Pipal (Hin.); Kall-ashvatha, Bettadaarali (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : HFP 193, KFP 8955
- Key identification features : A small tree. Leaves are simple, leaf blade is upto 12 cm long, 9 cm broad, caudate, 5-7 basal nerve, lateral nerves of 8-12 pairs, petiole up to 14 cm long. Figs are clustered on tubercles on the stem, usually in the axils of the fallen leaves, globose, 6-8 cm across, glabrous and purple when ripe.
- Habit : Tree
- Comments : Frequent in rocky places.
- Conservation Status : Rare (R)
- Distribution Locality : Bellary, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
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