Ficus heterophylla L.f.

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ficus acutiloba Miq.; Ficus aquatica J.Koenig ex Willd.; Ficus biglandula Blume; Ficus cannabina Lour.; Ficus denticulata Vahl; Ficus denticulata Willd.; Ficus elongata Miq.; Ficus grossularioides var. subpanduriformis (Miq.) Kuntze; Ficus heterophylla f. scabrella (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Ficus heterophylla var. scabrella (Roxb.) King; Ficus panduriformis Miq.; Ficus politoria Lour.; Ficus repens Rottler; Ficus rufescens Vahl; Ficus scabrella Roxb.; Ficus subpanduriformis Miq.; Ficus torteana Miq.; Ficus truncata Vahl; Urostigma subpanduriforme Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus heterophylla L.f.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Adavibende (Kannada)
    • Buroni, Kuvvu Juvi (Telugu)
    • Bhui dumur, Ganthi sahada (Oria)
    • Vallitherakam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Along river banks
  • Comments / notes : Occasional along streams, in wet and water logged places.
  • Key identification features : Highly variable shrub.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Angul district, Kalhandi district, Sundergarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Dibang valley, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • 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
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 395
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus heterophylla. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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