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Ficus laevis var. macrocarpa
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus laevis Blume var. macrocarpa (Miq.) Corner, Gard. Bull. Singapore 18: 7. 1960; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 773. 2009.
Pogonotrophe macrocarpa Miq. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 7: 74. 1848.
Ficus amplocarpa Govind. & Masila., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 91: 117. 1982; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24,31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 302. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 60. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 391. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 297. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 310. 2002.
Ficus macrocarpa (Miq.) Wight ex King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 166. t.208. 1888; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 534. 1888, non Blume 1825; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1365(955). 1928; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 447. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Peyathi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large climbers. Leaves to 19 x 12 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base shallowly cordate, subcoriaceous, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 7 cm. Receptacle cauliflorus, white spotted, ca. 7 cm across, globose; peduncles to 1 cm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Alvarakurichi, Alampetty, Uppupara, Orukomban, Silent Valley R. F.
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