Ficus virens var. virens
Ficus virens var. virens
Ficus virens var. virens
Ficus virens var. virens
MT090 : Ficus virens W. T. Aiton
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 486 |
| Synonym | : | Ficus ampla Kunth & Bouche.;
Ficus apiculata (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus carolinensis Warb.;
Ficus caulobotrya var. fraseri (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus cunninghamii (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus glabella Bl.;
Ficus glabella var. nesophila (Miq.) K. Schum.;
Ficus infectoria Roxb.;
Ficus infectoria var. aegeirophylla (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii (Miq.) Domin.;
Ficus infectoria var. forbesii King.;
Ficus infectoria var. fraseri (Miq.) Domin.;
Ficus infectoria var. lambertiana (Miq.) King.;
Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolia (Miq.) Domin.;
Ficus infectoria var. wightiana (Wall. ex Miq.) King.;
Ficus infrafoliacea Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.;
Ficus lacor var. cunninghamii (Miq.) Barrett.;
Ficus lacor var. lambertiana (Miq.) Barrett.;
Ficus lambertiana (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus mariannensis Merr.;
Ficus monticola Miq.;
Ficus nesophila (Miq.) F. Müll.;
Ficus nitentifolia S. Moore.;
Ficus pilhasi Sm.;
Ficus prolixa var. carolinensis (Warb.) Fosb.;
Ficus psychotriifolia (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus saxophila var. sublanceolata Miq.;
Ficus scandens Buch.-Ham.;
Ficus syringifolia C. Fraser ex C. Moore.;
Ficus tenuistipula Merr.;
Ficus terminalioides Griff.;
Ficus terminalis Heyne ex Roth.;
Ficus timorensis (Miq.) Miq.;
Ficus virens sublanceolata (Miq.) Corner.;
Ficus virens var. glabella (Bl.) Corner.;
Ficus virens var. wightiana (Miq.) M.R.Almeida.;
Ficus wightiana Wall.;
Urostigma accedens Miq.;
Urostigma aegeirophyllum Miq.;
Urostigma apiculatum Miq.;
Urostigma canaliculatum Miq.;
Urostigma cunninghamii Miq.;
Urostigma fraseri Miq.;
Urostigma glabellum (Bl.) Miq.;
Urostigma infectorium (Roxb.) Miq.;
Urostigma lambertianum Miq.;
Urostigma moritzianum Miq.;
Urostigma nesophilum Miq.;
Urostigma perseifolium Miq.;
Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq.;
Urostigma timorense Miq.;
Urostigma wightianum Miq.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pakar, Pakhari, Phepar, K- Papri, G-Pipri, White Fig • Hindi: Pilkhan, Pakhad • Manipuri: Ching Heibong • Marathi: Bassari, Gandhaumbara • Tamil: Kurugatti • Malayalam: Cherala • Telugu: Badijuvvi, Jatti • Kannada: Kari-basari, juvvi • Gujarati: Pepri • Sanskrit: Plaksa |
| Plant Family | : | Moraceae |
| Description | : | Trees, epiphytic when young, with buttress or prop roots, deciduous or semideciduous. Stipules lanceolate-ovate, to 1 cm, apex acute. Petiole 2-5 cm; leaf blade obovate, narrowly lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic-ovate, 10-20 × 4-7 cm, thinly leathery to thickly papery, not shiny when dry, base bluntly rounded, cuneate, or cordate, margin entire, apex acuminate to shortly acuminate; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins (5-)7-10(-11) on each side of midvein, and abaxially prominent, reticulate veins ± conspicuous. Figs axillary on leafy branchlets, paired or solitary or in clusters on leafless older branchlets, purple red when mature, globose, 7-12 mm in diam., with conspicuous interfloral bristles, sessile or pedunculate; involucral bracts small. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few, near apical pore, sessile; calyx lobes 4 or 5, lanceolate; stamen 1; filament short; anther broadly ovoid. Gall flowers: pedicellate; calyx lobes 3 or 4; style lateral, shorter than ovary. Female flowers: similar to gall flowers; style longer than ovary. Achenes wrinkled on surface. Fl. Apr-Aug. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | bark, latex, leaves and fruits are used in the treatment of blood diseases, apoplexy, vertigo, delirium, pain, rheumatism, diabetes and also as anti-oxidants. Used to treat apoplexy, blood diseases, bone fracture, delirium, diabetes, Leucorrhoea, pain,
rheumatism, skin ulcers and vertigo. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 6-alpha-D-Tetraglucoside; quercetin; quercetin-3-O-alpha-D-arabinopyranoside; quercetin-3-O-beta-Dgalactopyranoside; kaempferol-3-O-alpha-D-arabinopyranoside; kaempferol-3-O-beta-Dgalactopyranoside; vogelin J; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Quercetin; Kaempferol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31361
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322548
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Fig.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ficus+virens
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956756/
- http://www.ejpmr.com/admin/assets/article_issue/1514633306.pdf
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/229f/977eff921475de63c28d57a7a146e8fff616.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Moraceae - Mulberry family |
| Genus | : Ficus |
| Species | : Ficus virens var. virens |