- 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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