Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Moraceae | Genus: Ficus | Species: Ficus racemosa Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Ficus glomerata Roxb., F. goolerea Roxb., | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Goolar, Udumbara | Flower Type | Hypanthodium |
| English / Trade Name | Cluster Fig | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Gular | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Syconium fruit |
| Habitat | Submontane Himalaya and most of the plains of India | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India. Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indochina, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Bark Details | grey-warty |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 17 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees, to 25 m high; bark smooth, reddish-brown. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, or ovate, 17-12 x 4-7.5 cm, narrowed at both ends, entire, glabrous; 3-nerved at base, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs; petioles 2-5 cm long; stipules to 2.2 cm long, ovate-lanceolate. Figs on usually warty short leafless branches or main stem, globose or pyriform, 2-3.5 cm across, on 1 cm long peduncle, orange or pink when ripe; basal bracats 3, triangular-ovate; orifice plain or slightly sunken. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, or ovate, narrowed at both ends, entire, glabrous; 3-nerved at base, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs |
