Ficus anamalayana Sudhakar & G.V.S.Murthy

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Moraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ficus anamalayana Sudhakar & G.V.S.Murthy
  • Common name : Abbey tree, Fig wood
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ichi (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Tree up to 15 m tall, without buttresses; Crown dense, with spreading branchlets; Branchlets puberulous or pubescent; Leaves simple, alternate, symmetric, ovate or ovate-oblong, 20–32 × 10–18 cm, base cordate to rounded, entire or faintly undulate, apex acuminate to subacute with ~1 cm long acumen, subcoriaceous, sparsely white puberulous on main nerves above, white puberulous beneath; Waxy glands two, located at axils of basal lateral nerves; Cystoliths present only on upper surface; Petiole 4–11 cm long, stout, 3–4 mm thick, white puberulous or pubescent, epidermis persistent; Stipule terminal, in pairs, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3–5 cm long, subglabrous, caducous; Receptacles syconia, axillary or below leaves, paired, pedunculate, monoecious, oblong to obovoid, 1–1.5 cm in diameter, pale green when young, green at maturity, white-dotted, white puberulous, slightly ribbed when dry; Peduncle 0.5–1.2 cm long, 1–2 mm thick, pale green to green, puberulous; Basal bracts 3, basally connate, forming a small cupule, shallowly lobed at apex, 2–2.5 mm long, ciliolate, puberulous; Ostiole prominent, 1–1.5 mm in diameter, open, ostiolar bracts 3, ovate, up to 1 mm long; internal ostiolar bracts ovate or deltoid, 1.3–1.5 mm long, glabrous; Interfloral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 0.8–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm, white, glabrous; Male flowers: few, near ostiole, pedicellate, 1.5–1.8 mm long; pedicel up to 0.5 mm long, Tepals 3, completely united, rarely free, spathulate, 1–1.3 mm long, reddish or whitish, glabrous, Stamen 1, 0.6–0.8 mm long, filament ~0.2 mm long or absent, anther ovoid or oblong, ~0.6 mm long; Gall flowers: pedicellate, 2.5–3.5 mm long; pedicel 1.4–1.6 mm, Tepals 3, free or united, ovate, ~1.6 mm long, glabrous, Ovary obovoid, 0.5–1 mm, style lateral or terminal, 0.3–0.5 mm long, stigma simple or capitate; Female flowers: sessile, 2.3–3.5 mm long, Tepals 3, completely united, spathulate or tubular, 1.5–2 mm long, pale or whitish, glabrous, Ovary ovoid or globose, ~1 mm long, style 1–1.2 mm long; stigma bifid, smooth; Fruit achene, ovoid or tetragonous, 1–1.5 mm in diameter; surface striate or reticulate, rarely verrucate.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature :
    • Narasimhan, D. & Irwin, Sheeba. (2021). Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu: A Compendium.
    • Sudhakar, Jana & Murthy, G.V.S.. (2015). Ficus anamalayana (Moraceae): A new species from South India. Rheedea. 25. 01-08
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ficus anamalayana
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Ficus anamalayana. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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