Ficus drupacea var. pubescens (Roth) Corner

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
  • 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.)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2802, KFP 7248
  • 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
  • Native : India
  • Comments : New leaves and shoots are intensly hairy. Not common in wild. Often planted near parks and gardens.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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