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Ficus auriculata Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 666 1790. (Syn: Covellia macrophylla Miq.; Ficus hainanensis Merr. & Chun; Ficus hamiltoniana Wall. [Invalid]; Ficus macrocarpa H.Lév. & Vaniot [Illegitimate]; Ficus macrophylla Roxb. & Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. [Illegitimate]; Ficus oligodon Miq.; Ficus pomifera Wall. ex King; Ficus regia Miq.; Ficus rotundifolia Roxb.; Ficus roxburghii Steud.; Ficus sclerocarpa Griff.; Ficus scleroptera Griff. [Illegitimate]);
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India (Outer Himalaya ascending up to 2,000 m, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, Sikkim, South India, W. Bengal), Bangladesh, Malesia, Myanmar, Pakistan to S. China, Thailand, cultivated in Taiwan as per Synopsis of the Genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India Lal Babu Chaudhary*, Jana Venkata Sudhakar, Anoop Kumar, Omesh Bajpai, Rinkey Tiwari and G. V. S. Murthy- Taiwania, 57(2): 193-216, 2012;
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FY-kus or FIK-us — from the Latin for fig… Dave’s Botanary aw-rik-yoo-LAY-tuh — shaped like an ear, eared … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: elephant ear fig tree, giant Indian fig, Roxburgh fig • Adi: pameng, papop, tapang, tapop • Angami: chiede, habanü, khrabvü • Apatani: taro sanii • Assamese: আঠা ডিমৰু atha dimoru, মৌ ডিমৰু mau dimoru • Bengali: ডুমুর doomoor • Dogri: तिमल timal, त्रिंबल trimbal • Garo: the-bol • Hindi: फागूड़ा phagoora, तिमला timla • Kachari: thaibar-phang • Kannada: ಅಂಜೂರ anjoora, ಸೀಮೆ ಅತ್ತಿ seeme atthi • Karbi: lothebi-arong • Khasi: dieng-soh-lampi, dieng-soh-shied • Kokborok: durumpui • Kuki: nai-milay-thing • Malayalam: ആന ചെവിയൻ അത്തി aanachcheviyan aththi, തൊണ്ടിപ്പഴം thontippazham, വലിയ അത്തി valiya aththi • Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯕꯥ heiba • Marathi: देशी अंजीर deshi anjir • Miri: kukbal-takuk-using • Mizo: theibal • Nepali: अञ्जिर anjir, निमारो nimaaro, तिमिला timilaa • Nysihi: takuk • Odia: ରଜ ଡିମ୍ବିରି raj dimri • Pahari: तरयांबल taryambal • Punjabi: ਥੋੱਸਾ thossa, ਤਿਮਬਲ timbal, ਊਰਬੂਲ urbul • Tagin: tau • Tamil: யானை காது அத்தி yanai katu atti • Tangsa: nee ri • Telugu: రాచ బొడ్ racha bodda • Tulu: ಅಂಜೂರ ಪರಂದು anjoora parandu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/11/ficus-auriculata-lour.html
. Yes, this fruit (technically called Syconus) is used as vegetable when green and eaten as fruit when ripe. The fig’s cavity get filled with honey like nectar while colour becomes reddish at ripening. Sweet as honey is a certain exaggeration obvious with local guides, but it is certainly a tasty fruit. I was fortunate to have few plants in close proximity of my home in mid hills where we used to consume many such ripe fruits during rainy season.
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Ficus auriculata : For Validation : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 040614 : AK-7 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7 + 1).
This tree was seen deep inside the Corbett area, near Mandar River. Local name given by the guide was Timla.
Found only in the regions having cooler climate.
Kindly validate. Yes it is F.auriculata, locally called ‘Timala’. Thanks for validation. I was told the ripe ones are as sweet as honey and can be eaten. Yes, this fruit (technically called Syconus) is used as vegetable when green and eaten as fruit when ripe. The fig’s cavity get filled with honey like nectar while colour becomes reddish at ripening. Sweet as honey is a certain exaggeration obvious with local guides, but it is certainly a tasty fruit. I was fortunate to have few plants in close proximity of my home in mid hills where we used to consume many such ripe fruits during rainy season. I was lucky to see some ripe fruits the day I was leaving, in a resort. Here it is…. Ficus auriculata Lour. Syn: F.roxburghii Wall. Locally called as Taryambal, Traimblu in H P and the ripe fruits are edible. It is a store house of feed for birds. Just a small correction from my side. The name given to the river was ‘Mandar’ as heard by me. It is probably the Mandal River.
Ficus auriculata – Anjeer – Elephant Ear Fig – 090714 – RK – 3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
03/07/2014 – Bangalore
Ficus carica – fruit fig SN Aug 57 : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). I don’t think Ficus carica, may be some other species. Ficus auriculata; I hope. Ficus auriculata. I have posted recently from Corbett. I tried find out the variety name, but did n’t succeed; some horticulture related experts may know the exact variety. In Ficus carica several varieties are available with so much variations in the leaf shape, fruit shape, size and colour. There are lot of queries about Ficus carica L., Ficus carica is occur only in cultivation in India. It’s allied to Ficus palmata subsp. virgata , it is wildly occur in India. My recently published paper in Journal of Threatened Taxa on 26 Aug 2014 title is ‘Taxonomy, distribution and diversity of Ficus palmata Forssk. subsp. virgata (Roxb.) Browicz (Moraceae) in India’ is also available online.
After reading this paper people can easily understand the variation in leaves, and their other related queries. The photographs were identified and confirmed as Ficus auriculata Lour. (=Ficus macrophylla Roxb.) _ Moraceae.     Ficus auriculata (mixed thread): 4 correct images as above. … As far as I know, F oligodon is tall tree with wide crown and figs have longitudinal ridges and borne in cluster. So I have attached few pics from my stock. Hope this could be F oligodon. Moreover, the shape of leaves is different in both the species, in F oligodon it is obovate but here it is elliptic. Size of fig in F oligodon is about 3-5cm and pear shaped and red in colour (as in this pic 1). Attachments (4) Plant is Ficus auriculata Lour. Synonyms are in link : http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2809581
MS May, 2017/09 Ficus auriculata, Lour. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Location : Khawbung, Mizoram
10/03/2017 Habit : Small or small to middle-sized, spreading, evergreen tree Habitat : Wild Mizo name : Thei-bal
MS May, 2017/12 Ficus sp. for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Location : Tawi, Mizoram Sir, Looks like Ficus oligodon synonym of Ficus auriculata. Specimens must be verified. Please can anyone id this shrub.
Taken 6th April 2011 @ 2.15p.m. in the afternoon.
On the road to GANTOK.. SIKKIM
Habitat—- Cannot tell if this was planted or wild. It was next to a flight of steps down to a scenic viewing area overlooking the river.
Plant Habit-…… Tree/ Shrub
Height/Length-….Leaves.. see pic
Flowers Size… none
Fruits Type…….none It may be Ficus auriculata. Yes I support … view. Is this any other Rubiaceae? I don’t think it is a Ficus. Ficus auriculata Lour.
Ficus auriculata Lour : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- around 1 mb each.
Ficus auriculata Lour. (accepted name) ?? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) – around 700 kb each. Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Altitude: 2600 ft.
Date: 27 July 2015
Should be Ficus auriculata Lour.
Ficus auriculata Lour. (accepted name)?? : 5 posts by 2 authors. 4 images- around 1 mb each. Location: Soureni, Mirik, India
Date: 21 April 2017
Altitude: 4200 ft.
Ficus oligodon Miq. (synonym) ???
Are both ID same or there are some difference as they are separately listed in Nepal list ! The photographs are confirmed as Ficus auriculata Lour. As per Berg & Corner, 2005 reference Ficus oligodon Miq. is the synonym of Ficus auriculata Lour. I find two Nepali names for Ficus auriculata Lour. – निमारो nimaro and तिमिलो timilo at Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. तिमिला Timilaa / निमारो Nimaaro / अञ्जिर Anjir
SK569 15 JUN-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)– around 1 mb each. Location: Gopaldhara, Darjeeling, India
Date: 20 May 2017
Altitude: 6000 ft
Ficus …. ???
Sir, Photographs are identified as Ficus auriculata Lour.
SK702 06 AUG-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- around 1 mb each. Location: Godawari, Nepal
Date: 22 June 2017
Altitude:5000 ft.
Which Ficus ??
Sir, Photos are identified as Ficus auriculata Lour
10092017BHAR1- Unknown Fig : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 mb and 2 mb.
Found in a garden, near Chennai. The photographs are confirmed as Ficus auriculata Lour.    MS Jan.,2018/01 Ficus sp. for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Durtlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca 1,400 m.
Date : 07-12-2015
Habit : Small or small to middle-sized evergreen tree
Habitat : Wild
Ficus auriculata Lour. ?? Ficus variegata ?? This is Ficus auriculata Lour., figs with longitudinal ridges
A rich haul (#3) from Unchalli:
Wild fruits and nuts collected from the forest floor during Unchalli falls trek, 1. Jack fruit – Bikke – -Malnad kind
2. To be identified 3. Ficus auriculata – Elephant ear fig tree 4. fallen Coconut fruit 5. Kasaraka – Strychnos nux-vomica (Poisonous) 6. 7. Matti (?) 8. Pilli Hannu (fruit) (Edible) 9. 10. 11. Rampatre- Myristica malabarica 12. Uppage – Gamboge tree, Garcinia gummi-gutta 13. Syzigium caryophyllatum, Dwarf black plum tree / Indian blackberry 14. To be identified Unchalli & hegde katta, Uttara Kannada Western ghats, Karnataka Photo date: 24 Jun 2009 – Number 6 seems to be the seeds of Entada scandens (Sword bean), a woody liana, Mimosoideae, a sub family of Leguminosae. – 1. Looks more like Pandanus Elephant Ear Fig a fig tree with very large leaves, reminding one of elephant ears.
The young leaves start intensely red, and turn more and more green when reaching their ultimate size of up to 50 cm length. It is a tree 5-10 m tall, with crown wide, and a bole diameter of 10-15 cm. Bark is gray, smooth. Branchlets are sparsely pubescent. Stipules, falling off soon, are ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm. Leaves are alternately arranged, carried on 4-6 cm long stalks. They are obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 12-25 6-23 cm, papery, densely small tuberculate on the underside, hairless above, base shallowly heart-shaped to broadly wedge-shaped, margin irregularly toothed. Figs are clustered on short branchlets of old stems, dark red when mature, pear-shaped to spherical, with 4-6 longitudinal ridges and small tubercles. They are large for figs, 2-3.5 cm in diameter, covered with soft hairs.
Figs are edible and sweet. In Meghalaya, fruits are eaten raw, leaves are lopped for highly palatable fodder.
Elephant Ear Fig is found in the Himalayas, from Nepal to NE India, Burma, S. China, Indo-China and Malaya, at altitudes of 1000-2100 m.
(Ref. Flowers of India)
Attachments (4)   efloraindia: 121111 BRS161: 2 images.
Pl. find the attached file contain photos of Elephant ear fig tree
(Ficus auriculata) from NBNP Garden, Coimbatore. Its syn. is F. roxburghii. Thanks for nice pictures. The tree is very beautiful and should be introduced by Horticulturists being of moderate size considering the limited space available for landscaping.
ID No. MS 051112 -108 – Elephant ear fig tree / Giant Indian Fig Tree. ID confirmation requested .: 5 images.
Attaching herewith the photographs of Elephant ear fig tree / Giant Indian Fig with very big leaves measuring nearly 15 inches across and figs at the base of the main trunk. I think this is Ficus auriculata Lour (syn.Ficus roxburghii Steud). Origin: India.
Photos were taken in a farm near Mysore in Karnataka on 3.11.12. Confirmation of the ID of the Ficus species is requested.
Tree for ID: July13-NAW03 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 4 authors. Is it Ficus auriculata? Yes … it looks like the common Ficus auriculata;
Requesting ID of this Ficus – Lonavala – October 2013 :: 28012014 :: ARK-25 : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 3 authors. Ficus auriculata Lour. Supporting id
Wild Fig : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Is this Wild Fig ? Which Ficus sp. is this ? We saw it in Kakoijana near Manas National Park,Guwahati. Ficus species. The photographs send by you is identified as Ficus auriculata Lour (=F. macrophylla Roxb.) which is wild in Visakhapatnam hills of South India and common in North East India.
It is nowadays cultivating in gardens, houses for his beautiful foliage and edible figs.
  ficus: this is photograph of a fruiting ficus tree taken last year in early april near sessni in arunachal pradesh – I do see some orchids there, most probably more than one taxa.
Ficus auriculata :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 08 APR 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 4 images.
Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: April 8, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl
Ficus auriculata Lour.
Names of Plants in India :: Ficus auriculata Lour. : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Thanks, … We are getting richer. Thanks … for rearing this wonderful group.
It has made it easy for many of us to pursue our interests in our own ways, yet in interest of everyone. FY-kus or FIK-us — from the Latin for fig… Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: elephant ear fig tree, giant Indian fig, Roxburgh fig • Adi: pameng, papop, tapang, tapop • Angami (Tenyiedie): chiede, habanü, khrabvü • Apatani: taro sanii • Assamese: আঠা ডিমৰু atha dimoru, মৌ ডিমৰু mau dimoru • Bengali: ডুমুর doomoor • Dogri: तिमल timal, त्रिंबल trimbal • Garo: the-bol • Hindi: फागूड़ा phagoora, तिमला timla • Kachari: thaibar-phang • Kannada: ಅಂಜೂರ anjoora, ಸೀಮೆ ಅತ್ತಿ seeme atthi • Karbi: lothebi-arong • Khasi: dieng-soh-lampi, dieng-soh-shied • Kokborok: durumpui • Kuki: nai-milay-thing • Malayalam: ആന ചെവിയൻ അത്തി aanachcheviyan aththi, തൊണ്ടിപ്പഴം thontippazham, വലിയ അത്തി valiya aththi • Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯕꯥ heiba • Marathi: देशी अंजीर deshi anjir • Miri: kukbal-takuk-using • Mizo: theibal • Nepali: अञ्जिर anjir, निमारो nimaaro, तिमिला timilaa • Nysihi: takuk • Odia: ରଜ ଡିମ୍ବିରି raj dimri • Punjabi: ਥੋੱਸਾ thossa, ਤਿਮਬਲ timbal, ਊਰਬੂਲ urbul • Tagin: tau • Tamil: யானை காது அத்தி yanai katu atti • Tangsa: nee ri • Telugu: రాచ బొడ్ racha bodda • Tulu: ಅಂಜೂರ ಪರಂದು anjoora parandu
botanical names: Ficus auriculata Lour. … heterotypic synonyms: Ficus macrophylla Roxb. & Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. nom. illeg. • Ficus oligodon Miq. • Ficus roxburghii Wall. ex Steud. … and many more listed at POWO Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
elephant ear fig tree, giant Indian fig
Roxburgh fig
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
pameng, papop, tapang, tapop
~~~~~ ANGAMI (Tenyiedie – language of the Tenyimi people of Nagaland) ~~~~~
chiede, habanü, khrabvü
~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~
taro sanii
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
আঠা ডিমৰু atha dimoru, মৌ ডিমৰু mau dimoru
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
ডুমুর doomoor
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
तिमल timal, त्रिंबल trimbal
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
the-bol
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
फागूड़ा phagoora
तिमला timla
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
thaibar-phang
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಅಂಜೂರ anjoora, ಸೀಮೆ ಅತ್ತಿ seeme atthi
~~~~~ KARBI (also known as Mikir or Arleng) ~~~~~
lothebi-arong
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
dieng-soh-lampi, dieng-soh-shied
~~~~~ KOKBOROK (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) ~~~~~
durumpui
~~~~~ KUKI (an ethnic group native to the Mizo Hills) ~~~~~
nai-milay-thing
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ആന ചെവിയൻ അത്തി aanachcheviyan aththi, തൊണ്ടിപ്പഴം thontippazham, വലിയ അത്തി valiya aththi
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
ꯍꯩꯕꯥ heiba
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
देशी अंजीर deshi anjir
~~~~~ MIRI (or Mising, also known as Plains Miri) ~~~~~
kukbal-takuk-using
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
theibal
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
अञ्जिर anjir, निमारो nimaaro, तिमिला timilaa
~~~~~ NYISHI (one of the major tribes of Arunachal Pradesh) ~~~~~
takuk
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
ରଜ ଡିମ୍ବିରି raj dimri
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
ਥੋੱਸਾ thossa, ਤਿਮਬਲ timbal, ਊਰਬੂਲ urbul
~~~~~ TAGIN (one of the major tribes of Arunachal Pradesh) ~~~~~
tau
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
யானை காது அத்தி yanai katu atti
~~~~~ TANGSA (a small tribe in Arunachal Pradesh) ~~~~~
nee ri
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
రాచ బొడ్ racha bodda
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಅಂಜೂರ ಪರಂದು anjoora parandu
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/11/ficus-auriculata-lour.html Pahari name added … commonly known as: elephant ear fig tree, giant Indian fig, Roxburgh fig • Adi: pameng, papop, tapang, tapop • Angami: chiede, habanü, khrabvü • Apatani: taro sanii • Assamese: আঠা ডিমৰু atha dimoru, মৌ ডিমৰু mau dimoru • Bengali: ডুমুর doomoor • Dogri: तिमल timal, त्रिंबल trimbal • Garo: the-bol • Hindi: फागूड़ा phagoora, तिमला timla • Kachari: thaibar-phang • Kannada: ಅಂಜೂರ anjoora, ಸೀಮೆ ಅತ್ತಿ seeme atthi • Karbi: lothebi-arong • Khasi: dieng-soh-lampi, dieng-soh-shied • Kokborok: durumpui • Kuki: nai-milay-thing • Malayalam: ആന ചെവിയൻ അത്തി aanachcheviyan aththi, തൊണ്ടിപ്പഴം thontippazham, വലിയ അത്തി valiya aththi • Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯕꯥ heiba • Marathi: देशी अंजीर deshi anjir • Miri: kukbal-takuk-using • Mizo: theibal • Nepali: अञ्जिर anjir, निमारो nimaaro, तिमिला timilaa • Nysihi: takuk • Odia: ରଜ ଡିମ୍ବିରି raj dimri • Pahari: तरयांबल taryambal • Punjabi: ਥੋੱਸਾ thossa, ਤਿਮਬਲ timbal, ਊਰਬੂਲ urbul • Tagin: tau • Tamil: யானை காது அத்தி yanai katu atti • Tangsa: nee ri • Telugu: రాచ బొడ్ racha bodda • Tulu: ಅಂಜೂರ ಪರಂದು anjoora parandu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/11/ficus-auriculata-lour.html
SK970 10 FEB-2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Balthali, Kabhrepalanchowk, Nepal
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Date: 26 March 2016
Habit : Cultivated
Ficus auriculata Lour. ??
No … It is not F. carica !
But I am also not convinced about it being Ficus auriculata as per
I also think it is not Ficus auriculata as the leaves are too small for it to be close to Ficus auriculata. Ficus auriculata is commonly called the Elephant Ear Fig due to its extremely large leaves.
What about fruits. Here it normally fruits at the base of the main trunk? Need to recheck. This is Ficus auriculata Lour., even in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand many times we see small leaved trees. . Ficus sp????- Location: RAJOURI JANDK: 1 high res. image. Yes it’s, . Ficus auriculata: 4 images. Yes! I too agree with you both Yes … sir.. It is. Thanks to you all for id as Ficus auriculata To me also appears close. This is Ficus auriculata Lour. . Ficus sp??: 3 high res. images. Ficus racemosa L. ! Leaf ? To me appears close to images at Ficus auriculata Lour. . Ficus auriculata Lour.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Miraya Greens Resort, Bengaluru, India
Date: 25 March 2023
Altitude: 940m.
Habitat : Cultivated Yes. It is. Grown in several paces in my city. Fruits at the base of the main stem. Yes, I also agree as per images at . SK 3905. December 2023 – Ficus: 4 high res. images.
Location: Taplejung, East Nepal Habit : Wild Images sent by Mr. Sajan Subedi ! This should be Ficus auriculata photos are too zoomed/close to identify, but leaves and receptacle resembling to this species. . identify this tree species: 1 correct image out of the two.
is this tree species sterculia urens or not? location pantnagar
september 2023. No, looks different as per images at The second image looks like Ficus auriculata..? Need bark, fruit or flower for correct I’d Yes, you appears to be right as per images at
.      Moraceae: Ficus auriculata!: 5 high res. images. Ficus auriculata from Calicut university Botanical Garden, Kerala, on 15/02/2023, . Regarding identification of the Ficus Sp. collected from Bolanigir Odisha on Feb 2024: 3 high res. images. Ficus reticulata! I think it looks different from images of Ficus reticulata Thunb. (syn. of Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa (Blume) Corner) at To me appears close to images at . References:
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