Maramthinniatti / Sand Paper Tree
Ficus exasperata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- November-May
How to identify Maramthinniatti
Identify Maramthinniatti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves used as sandpaper.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Moraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Maramthinniatti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus exasperata
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Stream banks of mixed forests and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- East Africa, Arabia, India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Maramthinniatti itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Catkin
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Tamil
- மரம்தினிஅத்தி maramthinniatti
- Telugu
- కరక బొద్దు karaka boddu, కరసాన karasana, సిరి బొడ్డ siri bodda
- Kannada
- ಗರಗತ್ತಿ Garagatti, ಗರಗಸ Garagasa
- Malayalam
- തേരകം theerakam
- Marathi
- करवत karvat
About Maramthinniatti
A member of the Moraceae family, Sand Paper Tree (Ficus exasperata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and 6 other states. It grows in stream banks of mixed forests and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from November to May.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Maramthinniatti belongs to the Moraceae family.
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