✿Moraceae · Ficus
Ithi / Talbot Fig
Ficus talbotii
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- December-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus talbotii
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Shola and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ithi 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
- Malayalam
- Ithi, Vellayal, വെള്ളയാൽ
About Ithi
Talbot Fig (Ficus talbotii) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 1 other states. It grows in shola and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Botanical family
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Ithi belongs to the Moraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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