Ficus nervosa Heyne ex Roth

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Urostigma nervosum (Roth) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus nervosa Roth
  • Vernacular name :
    • Neer Aal (Tamil)
    • Eechamaram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Found in valleys across streams.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, P.Prakash, S.B.Manohar; H.O.Saxena, M.Brahaman
  • Collection Date : 27-12-1978, 13-05-1988
  • Collection Nos : KFP 5524, 6474
  • Collection Locality : Shiradi border, Dakshina Kannada district; Doljharan, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Bargarh district, Angul district, Puri district, Sundergarh district, Bolangir district, Bargarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Salem district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Rutland Island,Port Blair taluk,Rose Island
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
    • Matthew 1983
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 401
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus nervosa. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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