Pilkhan / Spotted White Fig
Ficus virens
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- March-December
How to identify Pilkhan
Identify Pilkhan 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: New leaves flushed pale pink (spotted white fig).
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Moraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pilkhan.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus virens
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Solomon Islands
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- 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 Pilkhan 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
- Hindi
- पिलखन Pilkhan, पाखड़ Pakhad, पाकड़ Pakad
- Nepali
- काब्रो Kaabro
- Tamil
- Kurugatti
- Telugu
- Badijuvvi, Jatti
- Kannada
- Kari-basari, juvvi
- Malayalam
- ചെരാലാ Cherala
- Marathi
- Bassari, Gandhaumbara, पायर
About Pilkhan
Spotted White Fig (Ficus virens) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and 22 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to December.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Pilkhan belongs to the Moraceae family.
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