Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Moraceae | Genus: Ficus | Species: Ficus hispida L.f. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Ficus oppositifolia, Ficus compressa | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Hairy Fig, devil fig, opposite-leaved fig-tree, rough-leaved fig, Kala Umbar | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Fig Tree | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Asi Heibong | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | A lenticular achene, keeled with prominent hilum |
| Habitat | Found along river and stream banks | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, China and New Guinea | Bark Details | Bark brownish, lenticellate, blaze pink |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees to 10 m high laxly branched; bark grey, smooth; blaze yellow; exudation milky young shoots hispid; internodes of branchlets hollow | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules to 2.5 X 1 cm, caducous, leaving annular scar (oblong to elliptic-lanceolate |
