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| Ficus tsjahela seen in Nilgiri Biosphere Nature park, Anaikatty Coimbatore. | |
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| Species: | F. tsjahela
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| Ficus tsjahela Burm. f.
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Ficus tsjakela | |
Ficus tsjahela, commonly known as the Kaaral in Malayalam, Kal-aal in Tamil and Boviyamara in Kannada is a fig tree which is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.[1]
State wise Distribution[edit]
Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram [2]
Field description[edit]
Habit[edit]
Deciduous trees up to 25 m tall.
Trunk & Bark[edit]
Bark dark brown; blaze red.
Branches and branchlets[edit]
Branchlets terete, glabrous. Exudates
Latex white, profuse.
Leaves[edit]
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules foliaceous, 0.7 cm long, caducous and leaving annular scar; petiole ca. 6 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina to 20 x 8 cm, oblong, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base rounded, coriaceous, margin entire, glabrous and glossy; basally 3-nerved; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 6-10 pairs, prominent and parallel, looped near the margin; tertiary nerves reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower[edit]
Inflorescence syconia, sessile, depressed-globose, in clusters of 2-6, on very short crowded tubercles in the axils of the leaves or most frequently at the scars of fallen leaves; flowers unisexual.
Fruit and Seed[edit]
Syconium, sessile, ca. 0.5 cm across, greenish; achenes smooth.[3]
References[edit]
- Ficus tsjahela Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 227. 1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 514. 1888, "tjakela"; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1362(953). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 277. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 380. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 358. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 260. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 434. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 756. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 450. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 434. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 353. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 430. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 305. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 671. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 395. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 299. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 314. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 637. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 466. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 666. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 775. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
Category:Ficus Category:Trees of India
- ^ Distribution details given by B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. Referred from India biodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/12117
- ^ State wise distribution details given by G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram. Referred from India biodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/12117
- ^ Field description details given by B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. Referred from India biodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/12117