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Ficus albipila
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus albipila (Miq.) King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 179. 1888.
Covellia albipila Miq., Flora Indiae Batavae 434. 1861.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Abbey Tree, Figwood
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Description:
Large, buttressed trees; stem usually not a strangling fig; bark grey; exudate watery milky. Leaves alternate, ovate, caudate acuminate, base truncate, 15-18 x 7-10 cm; stipules about 0.8-1.5 cm long, densely clothed in fine white prostrate hairs. Flowers interspersed with numerous conspicuous bristles. Male flowers mainly around the ostiole, but dispersed among the female flowers as well; bracts at the base of the fig, two; lateral bracts not present on the outside of the fig body. Figs pedunculate, +/- pyriform, about 12 x 12 mm, pubescent on the outer surface. Orifice closed by interlocking apical and reflexed internal bracts. Cotyledons very small, oblong to orbicular, about 2-3 mm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South-east Asia, Malesia and Australia
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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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