About Crow Fig
Ficus hispida, also known as the opposite leaf Fig, is a small tree in the family Moraceae, with a distribution ranging from India and southern China southwards to northern Australia. It is morphologically gynodioecious, but functionally dioecious. Male trees are hermaphrodites with both staminate flowers that produce pollen and pistillate flowers that produce almost no seeds but can form galls containing pollinator wasp larvae. Female trees have pistillate flowers that do produce seeds but are inhospitable to pollinator wasp larvae. It occurs in many parts of Asia and as far south east as Australia. There is a large variety of local common names. Like a number of ficus, the leaves are sandpapery to touch.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus hispida
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- MORACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China, New Guinea, Queensland, Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- गोबला Gobla, कगशा Kagsha, काला उम्बर Kala umbar
- Nepali
- खस्रेटो Khasreto, ठोट्ने Thotne, कोठाया डुम्री Kothaayaa Dumree
- Tamil
- பேயத்தி Peyatti
- Telugu
- బొమ్మమేడి Bomma-medi
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡತ್ತಿ Kaadatthi, ಅಡವಿ ಅತ್ತಿ Adavi atthi, ಕಲ್ಲತ್ತಿ Kallatthi
- Malayalam
- എരുമനാക്ക് Erumanaakk, കാട്ടത്തി Kaattaththi, പാറകം Paarakam
- Marathi
- बोकेडा Bokeda, बोखाडा Bokhada, बोखेडा Bokheda
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Crow Fig belongs to the Moraceae family.
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