• Family : MORACEAE
  (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
• Synonym(s) : Covellia glomerata (Roxb.) Miq.; Covellia lanceolata (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Miq.; Covellia mollis Miq.; Ficus acidula King; Ficus chittagonga Miq.; Ficus glomerata Roxb.; Ficus goolereea Roxb.; Ficus henrici King; Ficus lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.; Ficus leucocarpa (Miq.) Miq.; Ficus lucescens Blume; Ficus mollis (Miq.) Miq.; Ficus racemosa var. vesca (F.Muell. ex Miq.) M.F.Barrett; Ficus semicostata F.M.Bailey; Ficus vesca F.Muell. ex Miq.; Urostigma leucocarpum Miq.; Urostigma lucescens (Blume) Miq.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus racemosa L.
• Common name : Cluster Fig, Country Fig, Gular Fig
• Vernacular name :
  • Gular, Umar (Hindi)
  • Atthimara (Kannada)
  • Udumbarah, Sadaphalah (Sanskrit)
  • Umber (Marathi)
  • Atthi, Atthi-al, Jantuphalam, Udumbaram (Malayalam)
  • Dimiri, Dumiri (Oria)
  • Atti, Bodda, Paidi, Udumbaramu (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : On plains to 1500m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Syed Maqsood Ahamed
• Collection Date : 03/04/1978
• Collection Nos : KFP 379
• Collection Locality : Bachanahalli, Malavalli, Mandya district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All disricts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • 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
  • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
  • Seetharam et al., 2000- Flora of Gulbarga District
  • 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
  • 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
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 249
  • 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
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus racemosa. Downloaded on 1 April 2025.

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