Herbarium JCB

Ficus racemosa L.

Family : MORACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Ficus racemosa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus racemosa L.
Common name : Cluster Fig, Country Fig, Gular Fig
Vernacular name : Udumbarah, Sadaphalah (San.); Gulair, Umar (Hin.); Atthimara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 379, KFP 927, KFP 4692, KFP 13124
Key identification features : A large evergreen tree with milky latex. Bole is buttressed. Leaves are simple, ovate, glossy-green (15-20 cm) and alternate. Galls are often seen on leaf. The yellow-orange edible figs are in clusters and are borne on the main trunk as well as on the upper branches. Bark is greyish-yellow, not very rough, with milky latex. The red furry figs are in clusters and are distinctive.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : A sacred Tree, with no aerial roots. A very good natural indicator of underground water table. Bark and fruits are used in medicine.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; 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