- Family : MORACEAE
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
- Synonym(s) : Ficus forskalaei Vahl; Ficus malabarica Miq.; Ficus morifolia Forssk.; Ficus petitiana A.Rich.; Ficus pseudosycomorus Decne.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus palmata Forssk.
- Common name : Bedu, Punjab fig
- Vernacular name :
- Angiri, Bedu, Khemri (Hindi)
- Manjimedi, Atti, Medi (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Grows around villages, forest, wastelands, fields
- Key identification features : Small tree. Leaves entire or obtusely 3-5 lobed, 3-ribbed, sub scabrid-tomentose, acute or apiculate. Figs axillary solitary, yellow when ripe.
- Flower, Fruit : January-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Rayagada district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himacahl Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
- 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
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 221
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus palmata. Downloaded on 13 February 2025.
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