✿Moraceae · Ficus
Pilkhan / Spotted White Fig
Ficus virens
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- March-December
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.
Botanical family
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Pilkhan belongs to the Moraceae family.
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