- Family : MORACEAE
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
- Synonym(s) : Ficus gibbosa var. cuspidifera (Miq.) King; Ficus gibbosa var. parasitica (J. Koenig ex Willd.) King.; Ficus tinctoria subsp. parasitica (Willd.) Corner; Ficus gibbosa Blume var. parasitica (Koenig ex Willd.) King; Ficus parasitica Koenig ex Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa (Blume) Corner
- Vernacular name :
- Gudumitte mara (Kannada)
- Itthi, Kallathi, Kallithi (Malayalam)
- Kalatthi (Tamil)
- Kortosani, Jirang, Jhori, Jhirang (Oria)
- Koda juvvi, Tella-barimika, Pakki (Telugu)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Moist deciduous and Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Key identification features : Climbing bushy shrub or small free-standing tree up to 8 m tall, hemi-epiphytic, embracing the trunks of host plants forming network of branches or creeping along old walls, wells and rocks. Aerial roots absent or few; dioecious. Fig globose-subglobose or pyriform, appears in pairs, solitary or umbellate fascicles, grren turning to yellow to orange when ripe.
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- World Distribution : India, China and Sri Lanka, Timor, Myanmar
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- J. V Sudhakar , N. Chandramohan Reddy and G. V. S. Murthy (2017). Figs of Eastern Ghats, India. Pragati Offset Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad. pp.89.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa. Downloaded on 4 May 2024.
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