Ficus auriculata Loureiro

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ficus macrophylla Roxb.; Ficus roxburghii Wall. Ex Miq.; Ficus pomifera Wall. ex King; Ficus oligodon Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus auriculata Lour.
  • Common name : Elephant Ear Fig Tree, Giant Indian Fig
  • Vernacular name :
    • Atthi, Seema Atthi (Malayalam)
    • Raj dimri (Oria)
    • Timla (Hindi)
    • Racha bodda (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Near streams, also cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Flower, Fruit : October-May
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Angul district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district, Kalhandi district, Dhenkanal district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.
    • 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 auriculata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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