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Ficus virens var. virens
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus virens Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 3: 451. 1789, var. virens; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 380. 1984; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 671. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 776. 2009.
Ficus infectoria Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 551. 1832, non Willd. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 515. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1362(953). 1928.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chakkila, Cherla, Pepar
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large trees; aerial roots many. Leaves alternate, to 17 x 6.5 cm, elliptic or oblong, acuminate, base cordate, glabrous, coriaceous; petiole to 5.5 cm; stipules lanceolate, to 1 cm long; figs monoecious, grey, in axillary pairs, globose, to 1 cm across, glabrescent; orifice closed by 3 bracts; peduncle ca 3 mm; basal bracts 3, broadly ovateacute, puberulous, persistent. Male flowers ostiolar, shortly stalked; tepals 3, stamen 1; female flowers sessile; gall flowers pedicellate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kollam, Malappuram, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and sacred grooves
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Distribution:
Indio-Malesia to Solomon Islands
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thalichola
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