✿Moraceae · Ficus
Kaadu Atthi / Soft Fig
Ficus mollis
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- June-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus mollis
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaadu Atthi 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
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಅತ್ತಿ Kaadu atthi, ಕಾಡುಗೋಣಿ Kaadugoni, ಕಲ್ಲರಳಿ Kaalarali
- Malayalam
- ഇച്ചി
About Kaadu Atthi
A member of the Moraceae family, Soft Fig (Ficus mollis) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 7 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Botanical family
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Kaadu Atthi belongs to the Moraceae family.
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