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 altissima Blume |
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| Synonym | Ficus laccifera Roxb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Council tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Lao | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1600 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit reddish orange at maturity, many minute seeds |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Burma, China, Malesia, Philippines, Thailand, Indochina and Laos | Bark Details | Bark smooth, grey, with small pustules, light brown |
| Distribution in manipur | , Central, Eastern, Jiribam | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Massive spreading evergreen fig, trunk buttressed, bark smooth exudate white, leaves simple alternate, stipules intrapetiolar, sheathing, fruit a fig | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, 5-10 x 1-4 cm, elliptic to ovate ,10-22 x 6-12, glabrous, apex acute, base attenuate to rounded, margin entire, midrib flat,rimary vein single, secondary veins 6-10, oblique, somewhat looping near the margin, tertiary veins oblique, petiole 2-5 mm, terete, glabrous, stipules intrapetiolar, puberulous, caducous, sheathing, leaving an annular scar |
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