Ficus microcarpa 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 retusa auct. non L; Urostigma microcarpum (L.f.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus microcarpa L.f.
  • Common name : Laurel Fig, Chinese banyan, Indian Laurel
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kiru goli (Kannada)
    • Kal Ichi (Tamil)
    • Ithi, Ithiyal, Kallithi (Malayalam)
    • Jida (Oria)
    • Juvvi, Konda juvvi, yerra juvvi, (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 300m associated with rocks.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Siddarth, Raja K.Swamy; K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 26-10-2014, 19-11-2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0100; HJCB-0163
  • Collection Locality : Way to Talakona, Chittoor district (AP); Palamaneru forest range, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • 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
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • 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.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 400
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus microcarpa. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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