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Ficus auriculata
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus auriculata Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 666. 1790; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 353. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 431. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 777. 2009.
Ficus macrophylla Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 566. 1832.
Ficus roxburghii Wall. ex Miq., Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 296. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 534. 1888.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Atthi, Seema Atthi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Elephant ear fig tree, Giant Indian Fig
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Description:
Small trees; branchlets brownish, hollow; latex milky. Leaves alternate, (orbicular-)ovate, to 40 x 30 cm, subcoriaceous, base cordate, apex acute, pubescent along nerves below, with glands in the axils of main basal nerves; petiole to 5 cm; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2 cm. Figs cauliflorous, on short shoots from trunk or main branches, turbinate, subtended by 3 ovate, basal bracts; orifice covered by 3-angular bracts 6 mm; peduncle to 2.5 cm. Staminate: in several rows towards the ostiole. Tepals 3. Stamens 2, basally connate. Gall flowers below the staminate. Pistillate: Perianth 2-or 3-lobed. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1; style thick, simple, subterminal, hairy. Fig turbinate, 6.5 cm wide, ribbed, brown hairy.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kannur, Thrissur, Idukki, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
India, Himalayas, Bhutan and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimbam
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