• Family : MORACEAE
  (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
• Synonym(s) : Covellia hispida (L.f.) Miq.; Gonosuke hispida (L.f.) Raf.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus hispida L.f.
• Common name : Crow Fig, Mad Fig, Brahma's Fig
• Vernacular name :
  • Goolblaa, Katgulesiya, Kagsha, Daduri, Dagurin, Gobla (Hindi)
  • Olapatha, Kaaduathi (Kannada)
  • Paei-Atthi (Tamil)
  • Kakodumbara (Sanskrit)
  • Bokeda, Kala-umber (Marathi)
  • Erumanakku, Kattatthi, Parakam, Peyatti, Thonditherakam, Thondi (Malayalam)
  • Karsan, Dimiri, Baidimiri (Oria)
  • Brahm medi, Kakimedi, Bodamarri, Bodda (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in plains
• Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1200m. Also across stream banks and sometimes in wastelands as well.
• Flower, Fruit : February-November
• Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, K.P.Sreenath
• Collection Date : 17/11/1978
• Collection Nos : KFP 4488
• Collection Locality : Chincholi, Gulburga district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • 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
  • 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 District
  • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
  • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 248
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 398
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus hispida
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus hispida. Downloaded on 31 October 2025.

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