Ficus altissima Blume

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ficus altissima var. laccifera (Roxb.) Prain; Ficus altissima f. laccifera (Roxb.) King; Ficus laccifera Roxb.; Ficus latifolia Oken; Urostigma altissimum (Blume) Miq.; Urostigma lacciferum (Roxb.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus altissima Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Trees, up to 20 m high; Leaves broadly elliptic, obtuse, glaucous beneath; Flowers in globose receptacles, orange-yellow; Achenes ellipsoid, shiny brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- June
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Mout
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 251
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 391
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus altissima. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

India Distribution

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