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Ficus fergusoni
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus fergusoni (King) Worthington, Ceylon Trees f. 407. 1959; Priyadarsan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 96: 492. 1999.
Ficus altissima Blume var. fergusoni King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 31. 1887.
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Description:
Small trees with aerial roots on or near the trunk. Young parts whitish puberulous, soon glabrous. Twigs 5-7 mm thick, brownish ochraceous. Leaves spirally arranged, 10-22 x 5-12 cm, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, subacute or shortly acuminate, base subcordate, rounded or cuneate, rather thickly coriaceous, drying brown; lateral veins 8-12 pairs, basal veins 2-3 pairs, 1/3 lamina, mostly short; petiole 20-50 x 2.5-3.5 mm; stipules thinly appressedly hairy, caducous. Figs sessile, axillary, paired, ripening orange-red; basal bracts 3, 2-3, 3-4, or 5-7 mm long, ovate, obtuse, broader than long, free; body 13-20 mm wide, subglobose or obovoid, with 3 flat apical bracts in a small disc 2-3 mm wide. Tepals 3.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced and getting naturalised
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Distribution:
Native of Sri Lanka
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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:
Ponmudi
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