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Ficus guttata
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus guttata (Wight) Kurz ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 534. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1365(955). 1928; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 633. 2002.
Covellia guttata Wight, Ic. t. 1966. 1853.
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Description:
Large shrubs; young stem and petioles tomentose. Leaves alternate, 6-12 x 2-5 cm, caudate-acuminate at apex, round to shallowly cordate at base, 3-ribbed from base. Figs depressed-globose, in axillary and cauline tubercled clusters, blotched with red and white spots. Basal bracts 2-3, 0.2-0.3 cm long, ovate. Orifice umbonate. Internal bristles present. Tepals 6, free. Stamen 1. Female flowers sessile 0.15-0.2 cm; stigma funnel- shaped. Gall flowers similar to female flowers. Achenes ovoid, 0.2-0.3 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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:
Lock-hert gap, Athirumala
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