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Hampelas (Ficus ampelos)

Dlium Hampelas (Ficus ampelos)

Hampelas (Ficus ampelos) is a species of plant in the Moraceae, large tree, brown bark, many branches, leaf shape varies, sits alternately along the twig and has short stalks, fruit is round and grows along the twig.

F. ampelos has leaves varying in shape, oval or elongated, margins flat to serrated, pointed tip, a main vein in the middle with several small lateral veins and a green surface.



The fruit has a short stalk and grows along branches and twigs. The fruit is round, small, the outer skin is yellow and red, has small white spots.

Hampelas grows in forests, agricultural land, plantation land, along waterways and river slopes. The tree bears fruit around October-November.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus Tourn. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)
Species: Ficus ampelos Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 226 (1768)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ficus blumei Wall. ex Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 287 (1845)
Ficus exasperata Roxb. in Hort. Bengal.: 66 (1814)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ficus ampelos var. bandana (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 272 (1867)
Ficus ampelos var. bogoriensis (Koord. & Valeton) Hochr. in Candollea 2: 328 (1925)
Ficus ampelos f. bogoriensis Koord. & Valeton in Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 11: 166 (1906)
Ficus ampelos f. incrassata Hochr. (1925)
Ficus ampelos var. laevior Miq. (1867)
Ficus ampelos var. rugosa Miq. (1867)
Ficus ampelos var. soronensis (King) Corner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 460 (1960)
Ficus ampelos var. sublanceolata Miq. (1867)
Ficus asperior Miq. (1867)
Ficus bandana Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 301 (1859)
Ficus biglandulosa Wall. ex Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 229 (1848)
Ficus blepharosepala Warb. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 246 (1905)
Ficus fachikoogi Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 185 (1913)
Ficus fastigiata Elmer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 44 (1906)
Ficus guyeri Elmer (1906)
Ficus guyeri var. minimifolia Sata in Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 32: 290 (1944)
Ficus guyeri var. sibuyanensis (Elmer) Corner (1960)
Ficus guyeri var. validicaudata (Merr.) Sata (1944)
Ficus hayatae Sata in J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 6: 28 (1934)
Ficus irisana Elmer (1906)
Ficus irisana var. validicaudata (Merr.) Corner (1960)
Ficus javensis Miq. (1848)
Ficus javensis var. subcrenata Miq. (1848)
Ficus kingiana Hemsl. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2535 (1899)
Ficus rubricaulis Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 496 (1834)
Ficus rudis Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 609 (1807)
Ficus sibuyanensis Elmer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1319 (1911)
Ficus soronensis King in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 55: 411 (1887)
Ficus tashiroi Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 32: 621 (1888)
Ficus tenuicuspidata var. major Corner (1960)
Ficus todayensis Elmer (1911)
Ficus validicaudata Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 1(Suppl.): 45 (1906)

PUBLICATIONS

Chaudhary, L.B., Sudhakar, J.V., Kumar, A., Bajpai, O., Tiwari, R. & Murthy, G.V.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India. Taiwania 57: 193-216.

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Pusalkar, P.K., Mao, A.A. & Inge, P. (eds.) (2022). Flora of India 24: 1-688. Botanical Survey of India.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 菲律宾榕
Chinese (traditional): 菲律賓榕
English: Hampelas, King's Fig
Indonesian: Hampelas
Japanese: ホソバムクイヌビワ - キングイヌビワ
Java: Ringin ratu

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