Herbarium JCB

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