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Ficus benjamina
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus benjamina L., Mant. Pl. 1: 129. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 508. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1367(956). 1928; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 777. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Jili, Vellal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Benjamin Tree, Golden fig, Java fig, Weeping Fig
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Description:
Evergreen trees, aerial roots few; bark grey, smooth; latex milky. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules 10-12 mm long, paired, lateral, lanceolate; petiole 4-25 mm long, stout, glabrous, glandular at apex below; lamina 3-12 x 1.5-6 cm, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, base round, acute or subcordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-18 pairs, parallel, prominent, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Inflorescence a syconia, 8-12 x 7-10 mm, axillary, sessile, paired, globose or subobovoid; basal bracts 2-3, minute, ovate; orifice circular, slightly raised, closed by 3 apical bracts; internal bristles absent; flowers unisexual, of 4 kinds; male flowers : abundant, disperse; pedicels 0.8-2 mm; tepals 3; stamen 1, included; anthers oblong; female flowers : sessile, tepals 3-4; ovary 0.7 mm long, ovate, brownish; style 1.5 mm long, tip curved, dilated, stigmatiferous; gall flowers similar to female flowers but pedicellate. Syconium orange, rarely pink or dark purple; achenes smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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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:
India and South China 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:
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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