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Ficus elastica
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl. 7. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 508. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1369(956). 1928; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 355. 1985.
Ficus elastica var. rubra L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey, Hortus Second. 308. 1941.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Assam rubber, Indian rubbertree
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Description:
A large evergreen, glabrous, upto 30 m tall tree with a dense crown and spreading branches without prop roots. Trunk massive, bark greyish or reddish brown, young twigs finely puberulous. Leaves with 2.5-6 (-8) cm long petiole; lamina thick, glossy above, oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse with c. 8-10 mm long acumen. Lateral nerves almost parallel, 20-30(-40) pairs, hardly raised beneath, intercostals absent; cystoliths abundant above, few below; stipules very large, 8-25 cm long often rosy to pinkish-brown. Hypanthodia sessile, in extra axillary pairs below the leaves, pale-greenish, subtended by 3 caducous basal bracts, without internal bristles, apical orifice closed by 3-4 apical bracts. Male flowers: pedicellate, dispersed in the interior of receptacle; sepals (3-) 4, ovate, patent. Female flowers: sessile; sepals 4, free, ovary smooth with subterminal style. Figs ovoid-oblong, 10-12 mm long, 6-8 mm across, pale to yellowish brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Malaysia
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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:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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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:
Taliparamba
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