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Ficus dalhousiae
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus dalhousiae Miq. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 571. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 499. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1364(954). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 378. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 446. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 428. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 664. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 298. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 311. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kallaal
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, sometimes epiphyte; bark brown, fairly smooth; blaze creamy-pink; exudation milky; aerial roots absent; young shoots softly pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules to 3 cm long, lateral, ovate-lanceolate, puberulous; petiole 4-10 cm long, stout, not articulated, pubescent; lamina 25-30 x 12-18 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base deeply cordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above and minutely pubescent beneath; 3-7-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 10-13 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, in axillary pairs, 1 x 0.8 cm, obovoid, with 3 broad triangular apicular scales, densely pubescent; bracts 3, spreading, broad, triangular, sometimes bifid; peduncle 8 mm long, pubescent; flowers of 4 kinds; male flowers very few, only near the apex of receptacle, sessile, globose; tepals 3, concave, round; stamen 1, connective wide; filament thick, adnate; female flower sessile; perianth gamophyllous; ovary ovoid; style long, lateral; stigma cylindric; gall flowers on thick pedicels, ovary obovoid, smooth; style short. Syconium yellow when ripe.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sivapura, Kariamchola, Mukkali forests, Thiruvizhamkunnu, Saivila
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