Common name: Indian Rock Fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Malayalam: amakanniyam, kallal, kallarayal • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi • Kannada: kaadaarasa, kadu aswatha, kalla aswattha • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga
Botanical name: Ficus arnottiana Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Synonyms: Urostigma arnottiana
Indian Rock Fig is a tree which is commonly mistaken for Peepal (Ficus
religiosa). Leaves are typical peepal like, but with wavy margins. One of the
common ways of recognizing Ficus arrnottiana from Ficus religiosa is to
examine the color of the leaf-stalk and the veins which are bright Pink to red
in colour. The Leaf tips of F. religiosa are tapering, acuminate and long
as against the leaf tips of F. arnottiana which are pointed and acuminate but
not long.
| Photographed at Bassein fort, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
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