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Ficus tinctoria ssp. parasitica
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Ficus tinctoria G. Forst. ssp. parasitica (Koen. ex Willd.) Corner, Gard. Bulll. Singapore 17: 476. 1960; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 276. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 380. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 358. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 433. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 373. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 449. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 430. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 305. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 669. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 299. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 314. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 636. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 466. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 666. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 775. 2009.
Ficus parasitica Koenig ex Willd., Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 2: 102. 1798.
Ficus gibbosa Blume var. parasitica (Koenig ex Willd.) King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: t.2,16. 1887; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 497. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1365(955). 1928.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Itthi, Kallathi, Kallithi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees, often epiphytic with interlacing aerial roots; bark grey; blaze yellow; exudation milky; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, to 1.5 cm, lanceolate; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, grooved above, scabrous; lamina 5-12 x 2-5.5 cm, elliptic-ovate or rhomboid, gibbous on one side, base acute or attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, gibbous on one side, more or less scabrous, hispid above, coriaceous; 3-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 3-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, dioecious, axillary, usually paired or clustered, rarely solitary, globose; peduncle 1.5-10 mm, slender, scabrous, body scabrous; basal bracts 3, small, closed by several small apical scales; internal bristles minute, abundant; flowers of 4 kinds, male and gall flowers in same receptacle; female in separate; male flowers ostiolar, in 1-2 rows, sessile or pedicellate, oblong; tepals 3-6, free, 0.7-1 mm, white, scabrous, puberulous; stamen 1; filament 0.6 mm long; anther oblong, parallel, mucronate; pistillode present; female flowers sessile; tepals 4, oblong, free, white, scabrous, puberulous; ovary superior, sessile, 1 x 0.8 mm, obovoid-globose, white; style 2 mm, lateral; gall flowers sessile or pedicellate; tepals as in male flowers; ovary 0.5 mm across, globose or 2-lobed; style lateral, short tapering, tip thickened, brown. Syconium yellow when ripe; peduncle to 1.5 cm long; achene 1.5 x 1.2 mm, keeled or not.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
500-1000
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Choodal, Mavelikkudy, Kuchimudi, Ranni, Kuthuparamba, Tellicherry, Kalliassey, Kumbla, Taliparamba, Agali, Ayyappankovil, Kallamalai, Varadimalai area, Vattapara-Siruvani forests, Eramallur, Arikode, Bonaccord, Athirumala, Chemungi
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