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 racemosa L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Ficus glomerata Roxb., Ficus lucescens | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Gular, Cluster fig | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Country Fig, Cluster Fig, Gular Fig | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Heibong | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Syconium 2.5 X 2 cm, orange, pink or dark crimson; achene granulate |
| Habitat | Occurs in semi-evergreen and deciduous forests also in the plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India,China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Australasia | Bark Details | Bark whitish-brown, smooth |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is deciduous trees, to 30 m high; bole buttressed; bark 8-10 mm thick, surface reddish-brown or yellowish-brown smooth, coarsely flaky, fibrous; blaze creamy pink; latex milky; young shoots and twigs finely white hairy, soon glabrous; branchlets 1.5-3 mm thick, puberulous | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, stipules 12-18 mm long, lanceolate, Linear-lanceolate, Pubescent, Often Persistent On Young Shoots; Petiole 10-50 Mm Long, Slender, grooved Above, becoming brown scurfy; lamina 6-15 X 3.5-6 cm, ovate, obovate, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-ovate or oblong-ovate |
