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Ficus exasperata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 197 1805. (syn. Ficus asperrima Roxb.; Ficus hispidissima Wight ex Miq.; Ficus politoria Moon; Ficus punctifera Warb.; Ficus scabra Willd. [Illegitimate]; Ficus serrata Forssk. [Illegitimate]; Ficus silicea Sim; Synoecia guillielmi-primi de Vriese (Unresolved));
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India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Central and Southern regions), Arabia, East Africa, Sri Lanka 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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commonly known as: Brahma’s banyan, forest sandpaper fig, rough banyan, sand paper fig• Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ಅತ್ತಿ adavi atti, ಗರಗತ್ತಿ garagatti • Konkani: खरवंट kharvant • Malayalam: തേരകം theerakam • Marathi: करवत karvat • Sanskrit: करपत्र karapatra • Tamil: மரம்தினிஅத்தி maramthinniatti • Telugu: కరక బొద్దు karaka boddu, కరసాన karasana, సిరి బొడ్డ siri bodda;
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In F. heterophylla the stipules are 2 to each leaf, ovate, scarious and about half an inch long.
In F. exasperata the stipules are minute. .
TSP-APR2016-12-312: Images of Ficus exasperata (Moraceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) It is my pleasure to share few images of Ficus exasperata (Moraceae) Habit: Wild, Tree Habitat: Moist-deciduous forest fringe. Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka about 1200 msl Date: 31-06-2016 Thanks, …, for the beautiful presentation.
Goa, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this tree :: 23JUN14 :: ARK-43 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6).
Requesting to please ID this tree captured by the roadside in Aguada, Goa in May 2014.
Is it Ficus exasperata? Affirmative. Now called Ficus ampelos [previously F.asperrima / F.exasperata]. Will send my photographs of this later. Sending a few of my photographs. Attachments(5). Thanks, …, 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, both Ficus ampelas Burm. f., & Ficus exasperata Vahl are accepted species All photographs are herewith confirmed as Ficus exasperata Vahl
identification no 291214sn1 : 9 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (4). date/time:may14.
location:ambyvalley rd.,lonavala,pune
habitat:wild
plant habit:tree
height:about 9-10ft.
leaves:seemed rough Yes, looks very much like that of Ficus exasperata. Earlier discussions in our forum:
Yes, Ficus exasperata Not aware of the species. Ficus exasperata to me too. Thanks … Even the visual impression …as you explained, is important. Botanically may not be acceptable 🙁 Now called Ficus ampelos. Please check this link : efi thread 1
Flora of Madh: Ficus exasperata Vahl – Leaves : VG-APR-04 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Sharing some photographs of the scabrid leaves of Ficus exasperata Vahl.
The leaves are lobed when young. The tiny stipule is clearly seen in the first image. The leaves, when plucked, exude a clear, viscid sap unlike the milky white latex of some other Ficus spp.
Photographed on Madh Hill during September-October 2014.
SS 16-APR-2017:For ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Please find images attached photos of the tree which is near my house but inaccessible due to the thick bushes and other trees. Please help me to ID this tree. Must be Ficus exasperata; please wait for comment(s). This is Sandpaper Tree or Ficus exasperata Vahl the third most common Fig in Mumbai grows in wild, after F. hispida and F. racemosa.
Tree for ID: Devgad, Konkan, March 2016 – ARKOCT03 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
Next to the tree posted earlier today, was this tree which seems to be a Ficus. Requested to please provide ID.
Is this F. exasperata?
Affirmative. This is Ficus exasperata now called Ficus ampelos. Thank you … for validating.
I am attaching a couple of long shots of F. exasperata captured at a nearby location. This tree appeared leafless but was full of the yellow fruits. Again, the pics were taken in March 2016.
Many birds were feasting on its fruits, we can see a koel in the first pic.
Attachments (2) The photographs are confirmed as Ficus exasperata Vahl This should be Ficus exasperata Vahl   id request 11052011PJ2: Pl find attached photo which was captured at different months ( DSC _0242.JPG WAS TAKEN ON 6/05/11 WHERE AS COPY OF DSC_0042.JPG WAS CAPUTRED ON JUNE 2010 ) for id. Date/Time-: 06/05/11 – 14:00
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree Height/Length- 5m
Request for tree pics: Pls check this link … https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/…
… and, some more views … commonly known as*: Brahma’s banyan, forest sandpaper fig, rough banyan, sand paper fig • *Kannada*: ಅಡವಿ ಅತ್ತಿ adavi atti, ಗರಗತ್ತಿ garagatti • * Konkani*: खरवंट kharvant • *Malayalam*: തേരകം theerakam • *Marathi*: करवत karvat • *Sanskrit*: करपत्र karapatra • *Tamil*: மரம்தினிஅத்தி maramthinniatti • *Telugu*: కరక బొద్దు karaka boddu, కరసాన karasana, సిరి బొడ్డ siri bodda
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efloraindia: 211111 BRS185: 2 images.
Sharing the images of Forest sandpaper fig (Ficus exasperata) from NBNP Garden, Coimbatore.
Date: July, 2011, Anaikatti, Coimbatore Dist., (640 MSL)
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Tree
Ficus for identification 070812MK02: 13 images. Please help me to identify this Ficus species. The tree was almost 8 metre tall and the leaves measured 12×3 cm. The fruits measure 3cm across and mature ripe ones are red.
Characteristic feature: leaves are rough like a sand-paper
Date: 02 Aug 2012
Place: near Solayar dam, Valparai
Alt: 1088 m asl
Habitat: slope on edge of rain forest and tea-estate
Plz id this tree: pa61 – 18dec2012: Ficus sp., probably F. exasperata. Agree with … This is Ficus exasperata [F. asperrima] locally called Kar Payar.
ID request – RD2 – Mumbai – 29th March ’13 : 4 + 4 images. 5 posts by 4 authors. This is Ficus exasperata … करवत [Karvat] in Marathi. Agree with you … Sharing a few pics (4 images) of F.exasperata shot at Badlapur, Thane dist on 31st March 2013.
ID Tree – 31032013MC001 : 4 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Pls help me identify this small tree..
Height : 10 ft.
Place : Badlapur, Thane dist
Seen with very few leaves and many fruits.
Ficus for id : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Ficus heterophylla Ficus heterophylla Thank you … Yes, there is similarity of this plant with F. heterophylla but it differs with it in following points. 1. Habit is densely branched erect shrub and not a slender diffuse trailing shrub.
2. Habitat is rock faces at high elevations and not on river banks
3. Leaves are rather large
I do not know if F heterophylla shows these variations.
I think same plant I have seen in Alibag before two days. As far as I have seen this plant is definitely not restricted to river banks. It is often a branched erect shrub. Leaves are often large. The leaves of a young Ficus exasperata are strikingly similar before transforming into their usually recognizable and mature shape. Have attached my photograph of the same. The opinion of … also to be considered, because F.exasperata also shown the same characteristic during the juvenile stages. I am afraid to come again to F. heterophylla now. Let us wait for the other expert’s comments….. In F. heterophylla the stipules are 2 to each leaf, ovate, scarious and about half an inch long.
In F. exasperata the stipules are minute. Thanks … There is a mention in T. Cooke flora about F asperrima having 3 lobed leaves rarely.
Flora of Madh: Ficus exasperata Vahl – Figs : VG-APR-05 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7) Sharing some close-up shots of the figs of Ficus exasperata Vahl. From what I’ve noticed, some of the immature green figs often tend to dehisce as can be seen in the last few images. I did not come across this phenomenon in any of the ripe orange figs.
Photographed on Madh Hill during February-March 2015.
Flora of Madh: Ficus exasperata Vahl – Roots : VG-APR-03 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Sharing a few pictures of the roots of Ficus exasperata deftly penetrating a rock face in Madh, North Mumbai. A few wildlings with lobed foliage can be seen at the bottom of the first image.
Photographed on Madh Hill in October 2014. Thanks for sharing
Moraceae is difficult for me.
I am waiting for announcement of Moraceae and Anacardiaceae fortnights. nice pictures depicting the tenacity of the roots to get a hold …
strength of roots amazes me but the rock wall does not look like a monolith rather it seems one of those very deftly nicely tightly (god only knows how did they do it kind) set square cut black basalt or granite rock pieces and the roots have found the even miniscule little clefts the root tips sometimes in some can have acidic fluids I have read somewhere but i dont think they release h2so4 or HCL strong enough for long enough to drill a hole in granite face and malic acid or the other inhibitory hormone that’s acid is not released out of its tip i dont think… regardless, I see man’s handiwork that made the wall… so no roots did not need the acid anyway This tree is growing on a steep and entirely natural rock face. It is not a man-made “wall”. well
how did those “fissures” appear ? natural earth vibrations and quakes I guess… Do you by any chance have the entire wall face photos, several of them? I really don’t know how those fissures were formed in the rock face. Also don’t have any different photos to share. I tried looking up the details od geology of the Madh hill but ran into details of some beach and a old fort of some sort and resorts all over Madh Fort (built by the Portuguese) is in the vicinity but Malabar Hill is a long way off in South Mumbai. Some of the finest beaches in Mumbai are en route Madh.
Flora of Madh: Ficus exasperata Vahl en masse : VG-APR-02 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
Request for ID. : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
make ID for the flora specimen-Photos in the attacement. description: Habit: Small Tree.
Location: Nelliampathy Hills About 1000MSL, Westernghsts Palakkad Dt, Kerala.
Date : 01-04-2016.
Fruits belongs to Ficus sp. while leaves belong to a Loranthaceae member. This could be Ficus exasperata
Ficus exasperata FOR VALIDATION :: Bhagamandala – Thalacauvery Road :: 22 FEB 2017 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 4 images. Bhagamandala – Thalacauvery Road Karnataka
Date: 22 FEB 2017 … Altitude range: ~ 907 – 1122 m (2976 – 3683 ft) asl
Ficus exasperata Vahl … (family: Moraceae)
I think matches with images at Ficus exasperata Yes, thanks very much, … It must be Ficus exasperata.
ID request 30042017PC1 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Kindly identify this tree growing in Goa. Is it a species of Ficus? Unfortunately I do not have any more photos of the plant. This should be Ficus exasperata Vahl
Unid tree : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(1)- (2 MB). Looks like some Ficus species ? Plant ID for link below: efi thread
HALDU 1 A & B 2014/12/20 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Please ID this tree with reddish brown fruit/ seed which are used as marking fruit/ seed tat gives an orange brown colour. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013. Some species of Ficus. It is look like Ficus species, you have to check the flora of India efi thread
Ficus for ID : 220710-AK-2 – efloraofindia | Google Groups This ficus was observed in a riparian habitat at Karnala forest, Raigad, Maharashtra.
Location-Karnala Wildlife Sanctuary
Observed in- Sep 2021
Appx height-30 feet
Please help in identification. It looks like Ficus exasperata Thanks, …, for id as Ficus exasperata This is Ficus exasperata Vahl
Common name: Sandpaper Fig, Kharvat, Kharvati . Requesting a tree id 140422-1: 1 high res. image.
Tree with alternate leaves and yellow fruits. Fruits are not clear. Ficus exasperata Hope these pictures will help you.
2 high res. images. . Tree for ID : Way to Nasik : 31MAY22 : AK – 12: 7 images. Sorry for the bad picture quality since it was on the mountain slope and I couldn’t get closer.
Could be Ficus Species?
Ficus exasperata? Pl. check images at Ficus exasperata Yes, I too had suggested the same in my initial post. Yes, Ficus exasperata . References:
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