Herbarium JCB

Ficus virens Aiton

Family : MORACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Ficus virens
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ficus virens Aiton
Common name : Spotted White Fig
Vernacular name : Basarimara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : Sedgwick 2498, CJS 16265, KFP 5435
Key identification features : A moderate size deciduous tree with buttressed trunk and spreading crown that displays changing tints when it renews its foliage. Leaves are rather large (larger than in the other two species), elliptic, acute or faintly acuminate with few prominent lateral veins evenly spaced. Figs are stalked, larger than in the other two species, pinkish when ripe. Bark of older regions is grey with horizontally placed tubercles and younger regions are grey brown, covered with adventitious roots.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, South-east Asia
Comments : Birds are fond of these figs.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada, 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; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara