Pan India Bouquets

Ficus palmata Forssk.

Family : Moraceae
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
Synonym(s) : Ficus forskalaei Vahl; Ficus malabarica Miq.; Ficus morifolia Forssk.; Ficus petitiana A.Rich.; Ficus pseudosycomorus Decne.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus palmata Forssk.
Common name : Bedu, Punjab fig
Vernacular name : Pepri (Gujarati); Anjiri, Anjiri, Khemri, Jangli-anjir (Hindi); Anjura (Kannada); Heibam (Manipuri); Manjimedi (Telegu)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Grows around villages, forest, wastelands, fields
Key identification features : Small tree. Leaves entire or obtusely 3-5 lobed, 3-ribbed, sub scabrid-tomentose, acute or apiculate. Figs axillary solitary, yellow when ripe.
Flower, Fruit : January-April
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South-East Egypt to North-East Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula and India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 221
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Ficus palmata. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.