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Brown-woolly fig (Ficus drupacea)

Dlium Brown-woolly fig (Ficus drupacea)

Brown-woolly fig (Ficus drupacea) is a species of plant in the Moraceae, a tropical tree, cylindrical and 10-30 meters tall. The leaves are oval, up to 16 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, with petioles up to 2 cm long.

The fruit is round-oval, up to 3 cm long, up to 2 cm wide, young yellow and old red. The fruit is eaten by pigeons, and pollinated by Eupristina belgaumensis.



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 drupacea Thunb. in Ficus: 11 (1786)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Urostigma drupaceum (Thunb.) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 581 (1847)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ficus aurantiicarpa Elmer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 9: 3454 (1937)
Ficus chrysochlamys K.Schum. & Lauterb. in Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 274 (1900)
Ficus chrysocoma Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 443 (1825)
Ficus citrifolia Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1137 (1806)
Ficus drupacea var. auranticarpa (Elmer) Corner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 380 (1960)
Ficus drupacea var. glabrata Corner (1960)
Ficus drupacea var. mysorensis (Roth) M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 4B: 366 (2003)
Ficus drupacea var. pedicellata Corner (1960)
Ficus drupacea var. pubescens (Roem. & Schult.) Corner (1960)
Ficus drupacea var. subrepanda (Wall. ex King) D.Basu in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 653 (1996)
Ficus ellipsoidea F.Muell. ex Benth. in Fl. Austral. 6: 164 (1873)
Ficus gonia Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 137 (1827)
Ficus indica L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1514 (1763)
Ficus mysorensis Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 508 (1817)
Ficus mysorensis var. dasycarpa (Miq.) M.F.Barrett in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 45: 166 (1951)
Ficus mysorensis f. parvifolia Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 285 (1867)
Ficus mysorensis var. pubescens Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 508 (1817)
Ficus mysorensis var. pubescens (Roth) King in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 20 (1888)
Ficus mysorensis var. subrepanda Wall. ex King (1887)
Ficus payapa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 683 (1837)
Ficus pilosa Reinw. ex Blume (1825)
Ficus pilosa var. chrysocoma (Blume) King (1887)
Ficus pubescens Roth (1817)
Ficus rupestris Buch.-Ham. (1827)
Ficus subrepanda (Wall. ex King) King in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 5: 500 (1888)
Ficus vidaliana Warb. in J.R.Perkins & al., Fragm. Fl. Philipp.: 197 (1905)
Urostigma bicorne Miq. in Pl. Jungh.: 47 (1851)
Urostigma chrysotrix Miq. in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 90 (1854)
Urostigma dasycarpum Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 57 (1847)
Urostigma mysorense (Roth) Miq. (1847)
Urostigma pilosum (Reinw. ex Blume) Miq. (1854)
Urostigma subcuspidatum Miq. (1854)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

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.

George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

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

Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.

Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

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

Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

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

VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Dhopobar
Chinese (simplified): 枕果榕
Chinese (traditional): 密梭倫榕
Dafla: Dibuk-changne
English: Brown-woolly Fig, Mysore fig
Filipino: Payapa, Balete, Nonok
Indonesian: Karet Bulu
Java: Ringin bulu, Bulu timun
Kannada: Bili golimara, Goni-Mara
Malayalam: Chela, Kallal
Malaysia: Akar piangu antan
Marathi: Burali-Wad
Miri: Rotga-asing
Mizo: Bung, Bungpui
Nishi: Dibuk-changne
Sunda: Kiara gambir, Kiara wunuk
Swedish: bärfikus
Tamil: Kalaal, Kozhiaalamaram, Sonnai-ala, Kal-ala
Telugu: Kondamarri chettu
Thai: ลุงขน

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