- Family : MORACEAE
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
- Synonym(s) : Ficus arnottiana var. courtallensis (Miq.) Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.
- Common name : Indian Rock Fig
- Vernacular name :
- Paras Pipal (Hindi)
- Kalleshvatha, Bettadaarali (Kannada)
- Kodiarasu (Tamil)
- Kapitanah, Parisah (Sanskrit)
- Pair (Marathi)
- Aswathom, Amakanniyan, Kallal, Kallarayal (Malayalam)
- Paras Pipal, Jinde, Plokhyo (Oria)
- Kalla ravi (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills above 800m, often associated with rocks, inside sholas and bordering the ghats.
- Flower, Fruit : June-September
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, K.Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 27/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-157
- Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagere district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Puri district, Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Khordha district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Kalahandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 -Flora of Sringeri
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus arnottiana
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus arnottiana. Downloaded on 17 February 2026.
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