Chipkali Bel / Climbing Fig
Ficus pumila
Also known as Creeping Fig
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus pumila
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Introduced as garden plant, also running wild
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- East Asia
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Moraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- छिपकली बेल chipkali bel
- Bengali
- লতা বট lata bata, লতা বট
- Tamil
- கொடி அத்தி koti atti, ஊர்ந்து செல்லும் அத்தி urntu cellum atti, தவழும் அத்தி tavalum atti
- Malayalam
- മതിൽപ്പറ്റി mathilppati, മതിൽപറ്റി, Ficus pumila
- Marathi
- वाघनखी vaghnakhi
About Chipkali Bel
Climbing Fig (Ficus pumila) is a climbing shrub belonging to the Moraceae family (Fig/Mulberry family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, catkin/syconium/head flower clusters, drupe/syconium/sorosis fruit. It is typically found in introduced as garden plant, also running wild. Native to East Asia, it is distributed across Cultivated in tropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Chipkali Bel belongs to the Moraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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