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Ficus pumila
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus pumila L., Sp. Pl. 1060. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Creeping Fig
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Description:
A climber with clinging roots and white to brownish short hair on young shoots. Leaves dimorphic, with 8-25 mm long, villous to glabrescent petiole; lamina coriaceous, ovate-oblong, 3-5-costate at the cordate base, entire, obtuse to subacute, glabrescent above, finely white-villous beneath; lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, strongly bulging below, intercostals present, slightly bulged; stipules appeased hairy; cystoliths present on lower side only. Hypanthodia on erect fruiting branches, generally solitary or axillary, sessile to shortly pedunculate, subglobose to pyriform or obovoid-turbinate, greenish yellow, minutely villose to glabrescent, subtended by ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, appressed hairy basal bracts, apical orifice umbonate, internal bristles copious, short. Male flowers: Large, numerous, in several whorls; sepals 4-6; stamens 2-3. Female flowers: Sessile to long-pedicelled; ovary sessile with long, simple lateral style. Figs obovoid turbinate, 3.5-7 cm long, purple-black, glabrous to glaucous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as a garden plant, also running wild
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Distribution:
Native of East Asia
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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:
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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