Common name: White Fig • Hindi: पिलखन Pilkhan, पाखड़ Pakhad • Manipuri: চিঙ হৈবোঙ Ching Heibong • Marathi: Bassari, Gandhaumbara • Tamil: Kurugatti • Malayalam: ചെരാലാ Cherala • Telugu: Badijuvvi, Jatti • Kannada: Kari-basari, juvvi • Gujarati: પેપરી Pepri • Sanskrit: Plaksa
Botanical name: Ficus virens Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family) Synonyms: Ficus infectoria
White Fig is a large strangling fig with a spreading canopy. The aerial roots
commonly wrap around the main stem instead of forming props. The leaves are
from 8-19 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, with a whitish midrib. Stipules are less
than 1 cm long. The pea-sized figs are in pairs and greenish-white to brown
with spots. It is a beautiful shade tree. Leaves begin to drop mid February.
New leafs emerge in March with colors of purple and red and bronze, giving
the tree a wonderful look. The color transformation goes on till April.
| Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi. |
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