Pipri / Yellow-Barked Fig
Ficus amplissima
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- September-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus amplissima
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen, moist and dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Maldives
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Delhi
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“the leaf base is acute-cuneate or rounded in shape.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“The leaves are broadly ovate elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-oblong in shape with a blunt or acute tip and an entire margin;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The lamina is glabrous and coriaceous;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pipri itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- AchenerecordedA small, dry, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“The fruits are small stalkless figs 1–1.5 cm (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, light green initially, ripening to syconium red or purple, with smooth achenes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Catkin
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pipri itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पिपरी Pipri, Jari, javi
- Tamil
- Chelaikkallichchi
- Kannada
- Bilibasuri, Bilibasari, Bilibasari Mara
- Malayalam
- Koyali, Chela, കൊയലി
- Marathi
- पिपर Pipar, पिपली Pipli, पिपरी Pipri, पिपरी
About Pipri
Yellow-barked Fig (Ficus amplissima) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 8 other states. It grows in evergreen, moist and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Pipri belongs to the Moraceae family.
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