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Ficus heterophylla
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus heterophylla L.f., Suppl. Pl. 442. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 518. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1366(955). 1928; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 356. 1985; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 351. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 666. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 464. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 663. 2009.
Ficus acutiloba Miq. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 7: 227. 1848.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vallitherakam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs; latex milky. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, young ones pinnately 5-7 lobed, 5-7 by 2-3 cm, base rounded, margin serrate, apex acuminate, 3-nerved from base, lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, scabrid, thin-coriaceous. Figs solitary, axillary, dioecious, broadly ellipsoid, ca 1 cm across; basal bracts ovate, closed by 4-6 apical bracts; tepals 3, linear-lanceate. Male flowers 2-3 seriate, pedicellate; stamen 1. Female sessile; ovary ovoid. Achenes slightly keeled or appendaged.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along riverbanks
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
Naduvathumoozhy, Panathur, Taliparamba, Edathwa, Pooyamkutty, Arikode, Thenmalai
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