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 hirta Vahl |
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| Synonym | Ficus hibiscifolia Champ. ex Benth. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Flower Type | ||
| English / Trade Name | Hairy fig | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Achenes ellipsoid-globose, smooth |
| Habitat | Occurs in forests and forest margins | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark smooth grey |
| Distribution in manipur | , Eastern, Jiribam, Northern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs or small trees, branchlets leafless in middle, golden yellow or brown hirsute. Stipules red, ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 cm, membranous, pubescent | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate; petiole 1-8 cm, brown hirsute; leaf blade simple or palmately 3-5-lobed, 8-25 cm, glabrous or golden yellow hirsute, base cuneate, rounded, or shallowly cordate, margin entire or with small serrations, apex acute to acuminate; basal lateral veins 2-4, secondary veins 4-7 on each side of midvein |
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