Ficus racemosa L., Sp. Pl. 1060 1753. (Syn. Covellia glomerata (Roxb.) Miq.; Ficus acidula King; Ficus chittagonga Miq.; Ficus glomerata Roxb.; Ficus henrici King; Ficus lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.; Ficus leucocarpa (Miq.) Miq.; Ficus lucescens Blume; Ficus mollis (Miq.) Miq.; Ficus semicostata F.M.Bailey; Ficus trichocarpa f. glabrescens Engl.; Ficus vesca F.Muell. ex Miq. ….);
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India (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Sikkim, Meghalaya, W. Bengal), Bangladesh, Myanmar 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: cluster fig, country fig, crattock, gular fig, redwood fig • Bengali: উদুম্বর udumbara • Gujarati: ગૂલર goolar, ઉંબરૉ umbaro • Hindi: डूमर dumar, धर्म पत्र dharma patra, गूलर goolar, जन्तु फल jantu phal, पाणि भुज pani bhuj, पुष्पहिना pushp-hina, उदुम्बर udumbara, ऊमरि umari, यज्ञडुम्बुर yajnyadumbur • Kannada: ಅತ್ತಿ ಮರ atti mara • Konkani: ऋम्बड rhumbud • Malayalam: അത്തി aththi • Manipuri: heibong • Marathi: उदुंबर udumbar, उंबर umbar • Nepalese: दुम्री dumrii • Oriya: dimri • Sanskrit: औदुम्बर audumbara, ब्रह्मन्वृक्षः brahanvrkisha, गूलर gular, हेमदुग्धकः hemadugdhaka, जन्तुकाफलः jantukaphalah, जन्तुफलः jantuphalah, जन्तुमती jantumati, कृमिफलः krmiphalah, मशकिन् mashakin, सदाफलः sadaphalah, सौम्य saumya, शीतवल्कः shitavalkah, सुतः sutah, उडुम्बर udumbara, वसुद्रुमः vasudrumah, यज्ञयोगः yajnayoga, यज्ञियः yagniyah • Tamil: ஆனை anai, அத்தி atti, மலையின்முனிவன் malaiyin munivan, உதும்பரம் utumparam • Telugu: అత్తి atti, బొడ్డ bodda, బ్రహ్మమామిడి brahmamamidi • Urdu: ڐومر dumar ;
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Uses : 1. Unripened fruits used as vegetable in Southern India. Infact these are sold in the market.
2. According to Ayurveda, roots are useful in hydrophobia whereas bark is acrid, cooling, galactagogue and good for gynaecological disorders. Fruits are astringent to bowels, styptic, tonic and useful in the treatment of leucorrhoea, blood disorders, burning sensation, fatigue, urinary discharges, leprosy, menorrhagia, epistaxis and intestinal worms. According to Unani system of medicine, leaves are astringent to bowels and good in case of bronchitis whereas fruits are useful in treatment of dry cough, loss of voice, diseases of kidney and spleen. Bark is useful in Asthma and piles. Latex is applied externally on chronic infected wounds to alleviate edema, pain and to promote the healing. The tender leaf buds are applied on the skin, in the form of paste, to improve the complexion. . Ficus Species For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 07MAY17 : AK-07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Ficus Species seen on the 1st of May,17. Goolar or Ficus hispida?
At least one close up of the leaves could have solved the problem
This has been identified by … as Ficus racemosa MS May, 2017/08 Ficus racemosa : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Dialdawk-kam, Mizoram SK529 16 MAY-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Date: 8 April 2017
Altitude: 2600 ft.
Ficus … ????
MS May,2017/11 Ficus racemosa ? for id/confirmation : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Location : Tuirial, Mizoram
27-06-2009 Habit : middle-sized or large deciduous tree Habitat : Wild This is Ficus racemosa. SK529 16 MAY-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Date: 8 April 2017
Altitude: 2600 ft.
Ficus … ???? This is Ficus racemosa. Need id assistance for JNU Campus plant 260415SP1-4 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
I need id assistance for following images belong to Ficus sp. documented from JNU New Campus.
date: 26/04/15 Locality: JNU New Campus Ficus racemosa (Syn. Ficus glomerata) aka Goolar
JNU Campus plant 260415SP1-4 : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Need id assistance for JNU Campus plant 260415SP1-4 The photographs are confirmed as Ficus racemosa L. TSP-DEC2015-57-230:Images of Ficus racemosa (Moraceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Ficus racemosa (Moraceae) Habit: Tree Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl Date: 31-05-2014, 01-06-2014 and 11-02-2015
Ficus racemosa L. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Sharing some pictures of Ficus racemosa L. shot at Lal Bagh Banglore on 6 September 2015. Nepali Name: गुलर Gular / डुम्री Dumri Ficus racemosa L. Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Altitude: 2600 ft.
Date: 27 July 2015
All the photographs are confirmed as Ficus racemosa L. (=Ficus glomerata Roxb.) Ficus racemosa L. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Location : Pokhara, Nepal
Date : 8 August 2017
Elevation : 2600 ft. . Date: 14/06/17
I think more detailed pictures are required for I’d. Sorry. But, I don’t have any more. This is Ficus racemosa L. Tree for ID_AS_March’18_P311 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Please help ID following tree.
Location: Datyar, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh (elevation: 517m)
Date: March 2018.
The approximate height of a tree was 10 feet. It seems to be some species of Ficus.
Appears to be Ficus racemosa. Leaf galls are very common in F. racemosa. Ficus Id from Bangladesh_SM_1506 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 Mb.
Fruiting and Picture taken : April, 2018
Habitat: floodplain
Locaton: Chatak, Sunamgang, Bangladesh
Any other images? The photograph temporarly identified as Ficus racemosa L. Botanical Name : Ficus Racemosa
Family Name : Moraceae Common Name : Cluster Fig, Indian Fig, Crattock, Rumbodo, Atteeka, Redwood Fig Part Used : Bark, Root, Latex, Fruits Habitat : It is cultivated all over india and also grows wild in many forests and hill areas. Uses : 1. Unripened fruits used as vegetable in Southern India. Infact these are sold in the market.
2. According to Ayurveda, roots are useful in hydrophobia whereas bark is acrid, cooling, galactagogue and good for gynaecological disorders. Fruits are astringent to bowels, styptic, tonic and useful in the treatment of leucorrhoea, blood disorders, burning sensation, fatigue, urinary discharges, leprosy, menorrhagia, epistaxis and intestinal worms. According to Unani system of medicine, leaves are astringent to bowels and good in case of bronchitis whereas fruits are useful in treatment of dry cough, loss of voice, diseases of kidney and spleen. Bark is useful in Asthma and piles. Latex is applied externally on chronic infected wounds to alleviate edema, pain and to promote the healing. The tender leaf buds are applied on the skin, in the form of paste, to improve the complexion. Photos taken on 5.12.2010 . Location: Sayyaji Rao Road Mysore . -The entire paragraph “According to Ayurveda, roots are useful in Hydrophobia—-” is copied from my online article at Botanical.com. http://www.botanical.com/doomar – I am uploading the manuscripts of all my published and unpublished documents through this Photo Album. Ficus for ID : 070511 : AK-1: Agree with …. This is Umber [Fius racemosa]. Ficus racemosa we call it Jagya Dumur in Bengali Ficus glomerata is in agreement with ID discussed; it is a synonym of Ficus racemosa Ficus racemosa Linn. is earlier name (1753). F. glomerata Roxb. is later name for the same. VALMIKI : OBSEVER OF NATURE: Probably ficus species for ID:
here is a tree which i have never seen in flowering or fruiting. the only other structures found on this tree are the gall like (probably some viral infection) outgrowths on the leaves. date and time of photograph- 17th August, 9:30 AM
Place- Chandigarh Habit– tree leaves long, slightly leathery, thick. Flowers and fruits- Not seen Ficus racemosa L. (Moraceae), Locally known as Gular in Hindi, Umbar in Marathi This is the Wild Fig tree [Ficus racemosa, Umber, Gular]. My photographs of the leaf galls are available at this link : cross linking for confirmation with Id 20092011MR1’’
Audumbar tree Pune Affirmative. This is Umber [Ficus racemosa]. Leaf galls are seen. This is one of mine. I too think that this is Ficus raceamosa of Moraceae, sapling stage. efloraofindia:”For Id 20092011MR1’’ ?Audumbar tree Pune:
Is this Audumbar tree with umbars? Has anyone seen the flower of this tree . I learn that the flower is within the fruit.
Would like to see the pic if possible. My gardner told me some story that it is very rare to see the flower of this tree. Only blessed people get to se it. It is a huge flower as big as a cart wheel and very pretty? What is this he is talking about or just a myth.
Also there is some gum like white thing on the bark. Is it gum?
This looks like Umber [ Ficus racemosa syn .Ficus glomerata]. The fig is a syconus with the flowers turned outside in. Please read Pradip Kishen’s ‘Trees of Delhi’ pages 321 – 323 to get a proper perspective on the nature of the flowers and pollination process. I have seen a lot of these fruits on the tree. If you want to see the flowers of Ficus you have to split open the figs at its early-mid stages (mostly before it turns its color). Attaching pics of cut unripe fruit. but I cannot follow the flower identification. So called unripe fruit of yours is an inflorescence containing flowers and known as hypanthodium. When ovary ripens and the colour changes, it turns into syconus fruit. Having read about this type of inflorescence I now understand that figs and wasps are a clear example of There is another small Audumbar tree in my vicinity. This is what I found on its leaves. They also looked like the fruits but how can it be on the leaves. Yet I cut open them open and there was an empty cavity. Please identify. yes they are, they are insect galls… ps.. often a gall is enlarged cell/s of the leaf itself in reaction to injury often by insect bites, larvae or eggs attachments… I have seen slimy stuff around or inside some very large galls on leaves… I personally would not dissect on one inside the house or near my healthy plants.. I cut this galls in my house not knowing what they are. So far I am surviving ha ha. Galls are produced not only by insects [Thrips,Waspa & Flies] but even by Mites. Gallic acid produced by the above induces ‘cancerous’ growths on the plant within which they live and feed. Thanks for adding MITES and Gallic acid…
I had forgotten about Gallic acid… that’s the Gallic acid of pyrogallol etc, I guess. I found your earlier gall picture (one of many) at this url:
http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/… spectacular picture…..
For some reason the mail did not show up. Am posting the photographs again. These are mine. Some more of my photographs of leaf galls are available at this link : Figs Of Bangalore – RA – Ficus racemosa – Cluster Fig Tree: 090112/NK/01-ID Please:
Could you pl ID. I think it is either a Ficus Mollis or Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae Request for ID
1. Date/Time-18/02/12-1037AM
2. Location- Lohgaon/Pune/600M
3. Habitat-Garden
4, Plant Habit- Tree
5. Height/Length-20Ft
6. Leaves Type/ Shape-Simple,Alternate
7. Inflorescence Type/ Size- Not seen
8. Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-No flowers seen
9. Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size -Round Fig like, small
This is the common Country Fig [Ficus racemosa] locally called Umber. Thanks … I suspected the same but the leaves seemed a little different. Ficus glomerata Roxb.? Hooghly 16-12-12 sk: I have been told that this Ficus is used in PUJA or YAGNA. Could this be Ficus glomerata Roxb. = Ficus racemosa L.? Species : Ficus glomerata Roxb. ?
H & H : big tree, about 60 ft or more
Date : 15/12/12, 2.00 p.m.
Place : Hooghly Affirmative. This is Umber [Ficus racemosa syn. Ficus glomerata] – the Wild Fig Tree. The fruit are not yet ripe. Some of my photographs of this are available at these links : Round Growth on A Ficus Leaf : Nasik : 291212 : AK-2: Picture taken on 14/4/2008 in Nasik. This is a plant growing wild in our home garden.
Can someone please identify these rounds on the leaf?
This is most likely a small Banyan plant. These are insect galls. Insects produce in quite a few plants. This is a leaf of Umbar, Ficus racemosa. It’s very often covered in these galls. Tree ID request – RK77 – 29-Dec-2012: Isn’t it Ficus racemosa? It is pure guessing but yes I also think this to be Ficus racemosa.
1) The leaves are glabrous here…..may be they are young tender. 2) It may not have been written anywhere but; My observation: Many a times the first basal pair of side veins on the leaf of उम्बर Ficus racemosa is at acute angles to the midrib as compared to subsequent pairs of veins which are more obtuse and parallel to each other. This can be seen here in the leaf photograph Yes Ficus racemosa Linn., Umbar … for identifying this tree. It looked a bit different from the appearance of the Umbar trees in the city which are loaded with figs so I had a doubt it might be something else. Thanks … for sharing your interesting observation of the venation of Umbar leaves. Request for ID? : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Please help me in identifying this tree.
Tree location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Date: 24-03-2014 Further, please find attachment for the reference. It seems, it is our regular fig (Ficus racemosa) small tree in vegetative condition. Is it Ficus fistulosa ? : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 3 authors.
Location : Dampui, Mizoram. Date : 30-04-2013.
Habit : Small to middle-sized tree. Habitat : Wild. Note : Ficus sp. This is the Country Fig [Ficus racemosa] locally called Umber/ Gular. I don’t think it is F. racemosa because their stem, fruits and leaves are not same. Ficus racemosa’s picture is attached herewith for your comparision The tree in this photograph does not look like Ficus racemosa to me. Your original photographs are of the Wild Fig Tree [F.racemosa]. The photographs are identified as Ficus racemosa L. earlier they are considered as F. glomerata Roxb. var. chittagonga (Miq.) King. Now this variety is merged under Ficus racemosa L. (= Ficus glomerata Roxb.). Fwd: [efloraofindia:183660] Identification of Ficus sp. 2 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). Ficus racemosa—–for sharing and validation : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Pic of Cluster Figs, taken at ambyvalley rd., lonavala, pune in jan13 Yes it is Ficus racemosa L. Ficus sp. for ID : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Location : Dampui, Mizoram This is the Country Fig [Ficus racemosa]. Ficus ID from Bangladesh SM085 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Habit: Tree It is very near to Ficus racemosa L. Figs require for final confirmation. Have a picture with fruits. Attachments (1). The photographs are confirmed as Ficus racemosa L. Earlier it is considered as a separate variety, now it is merged under typical. Ficus racemosa : Moraceae : Mumbai : 20SEP14 : AK-25 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Picture taken in Mumbai during Feb,14. For validation Yes it is Ficus racemosa L.(= F. glomerata Roxb.), wild fig 030115SR-Ficus from Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Ficus ID confirmation – 25052015 – RK : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Bangalore, Karnataka – 24/05/2015. Is this Goolar/ F. racemosa ? Request confirmation. Yes, i would go with F.racemosa . Ficus racemosa? ABAUG01/09 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
Found this in the lower town of Gaggal the day before.
I think this is Ficus racemosa but please correct me if I am wrong.
Gaggal, Dharamshala, HP
1000m
10 August 2015
symbiosis : 1231 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Blue throated Barbet relishing fruits of Ficus glomerata (UDUMBARA/ GULAR/ JAGYADUMUR).
identification no 181110sn1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups Ficus Id from Bangladesh_SM_1443 : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) Habitat: Along the sangu river
Location: Sangu Matamuri Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandarban
Picture taken: February, 2019
Possibly a variety of F. racemosa.
Pl. check comparative images at Ficus Ficus racemosa.
To me figs look different from those at Ficus racemosa I have gone through many literature and publications to identify these images which are similar to … from Mizoram. And still working to get identified. Thanks … Let me inform if you get any conclusion. Chances of F. auriculata are remote as leaves are quite distinctive. The photographs are temporarily identified as follows:
Ficus racemosa L.var. elongata (King) Barrett (=F. lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex. Roxb.)
Possibilities are there, since synonymous to Ficus racemosa. more i read about classification of Ficus order, more there is to read.
start with this, … you also need to do some reading. you have access to the plant in question. we only have two pictures sans details. references that should help you
2 is “Synopsis of the Genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India” must be helpful
this is about fruits of ficus genus and all its lower taxa
site devoted to classification of Ficus
and this is just a needlepoint sized tip of the huu…..uuge iceberg… Trees for ID : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1).
Date : 06-07-2012. Habitat : Wild. On the bank of river. Habitat : Small tree ? Fruits look like those of a Ficus. I think it is from Mizoram as … is posting from Mizoram only. Receptacles distinctly pedunculate and large; Does leaves belongs to same plant, if so it may not be Ficus auriculata Lour., pl check, After going through the second post for this plant as per Flora of Mizoram Vol 2 by Sinha, Singh & Singh (2012); based on morphological characteres this species has not beed described by the Authors. I’m really really sorry for inconvenience, efi thread Ficus squamosa Roxb.
It difficult to follow a single Flora, according to Flora of Mizoram leaves are always entire and in images they are totally toothed. After going through other North eastern Floras, leaves have various margins.
It is now confirmed species
Commonly found along rivers, common to see in Mizoram at Saling Lui, Saijak River and Tuichar Cave. Looks different to me from Ficus squamosa. Could you please check ? Ficus racemosa L.var. elongata (King) Barrett (=F. lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex. Roxb.) as per another thread : MS May, 2016/16 Ficus sp. for ID
Ficus sp. for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).
Location : R.Tlawng, Mizoram Plant ID for: efi thread Looks different to me from Ficus squamosa. Could you please check ? Ficus racemosa L.var. elongata (King) Barrett (=F. lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex. Roxb.) as per another thread : MS May, 2016/16 Ficus sp. for ID
MS May, 2016/16 Ficus sp. for ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Location : R.Tlawng, Mizoram Please check Ficus laevis Blume if it shows straggling nature Is it new species ? After going through the second post for this plant (efi thread) as per Flora of Mizoram Vol 2 by Sinha, Singh & Singh (2012); based on morphological characteres this species has not been described by the Authors.
There may be chances of new species for Mizoram. I’m really really sorry for inconvenience, efi thread Ficus squamosa Roxb.
It difficult to follow a single Flora, according to Flora of Mizoram leaves are always entire and in images they are totally toothed. After going through other North eastern Floras, leaves have various margins.
It is now confirmed species
Commonly found along rivers, common to see in Mizoram at Saling Lui, Saijak River and Tuichar Cave. Looks different to me from Ficus squamosa. Could you please check ? Can this also be Ficus racemosa L. var. elongata (King) Barrett (=F. lanceolata Buch.-Ham. ex. Roxb.) as per another thread ?
Yes sir, synonymous to Ficus racemosa, and already told that this is same species identified for Bangladesh. Re: Ficus 1 : 5 posts by 5 authors. 2 images.
Kumarghat, Tripura
Ficus racemosa ?
Please confirm
I hope you’re right, …, Yes, it is !
Ficus with very nicely depicted cauliflory Tree ID Reqd PM 001: eFI members are requested to ID the tree in pic 0044, the one that is behind and not the one in front. Ficus racemosa of Moraceae family, I think. Plant is Ficus racemosa L. . [2021/Nov/04 ART 1] Is this Ficus racemosa?: 12 images.
Date: 2021/Nov/01 Location: Varathamanathi Dam, Palani, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu
May I know if this is Ficus racemosa? Yes, you are right. It is. Yes. Plenty in my surroundings and city. Was glad to see an Indian Paradise Flycatcher (female) on this tree. A Brown-headed Barbet and White-rumped Shama were also nearby . Ficus glomerata from near Kaikondrahalli lake Bangalore-23012022-3: 4 high res. images. . MS, April,2022/10 Ficus sp. for id.: Altitude : ca.350 m.
Date : 14-11-2018
Habit : Small tree
Habitat : Wild Looks like Ficus racemosa L. Yes, appears close to images at Ficus racemosa . Ficus racemosa L.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Surkhet, West Nepal
Altitude: 305m.
Date: 28 August 2021
Habit : Wild . Tree for ID : Nasik : 08JUN22 : AK – 03: These were sent to me by a friend for identification.
Ficus Species?
Ficus benghalensis? Yes, Ficus species. I think closer to Ficus racemosa. On closer scrutiny, I feel this may be Catunaregam spinosa, as per images and details herein.
Must be quite an old tree as it appears to be a medium size tree now.
Budhwar Park colony is quite old and was constructed after around 1930, on a place where there used to be Colba Railway station.
Pl. confirm or otherwise. you might well be right. I have sometimes seen the plant as a small tree. In the meantime posting some cropped images.
4 images. Best I could get. Sending high res. image.
Pl. see.
1 high res. image. the leaf venation doesn’t look like Catunaregam spinosa.
Could it possibly be Ficus racemosa? I think I”m seeing stipules as well. But leaves are quite small and look different from images at Maybe you will be able to go down there and look closely. The tree may be stressed, perhaps roots are covered in asphalt or cement? Anyhow, I think the leaves match quite well as do the growing tips with brownish stipules. The colour of the bark and branching pattern are seen in smaller individuals of Ficus racemosa. Attaching more photos I took of a branch seen at the base of the tree. Yes, the surrounding of the tree was covered with cement. 8 images. Yes, looks like Ficus ! This confirms it as Ficus racemosa.
Thanks to … for her deep insights. 9 images. You always persist until you are satisfied with an identification, and in this way eflora of India has become a great resource. . Ficus racemosa L. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: May 25, 2008 · JUN23 DV171: Ficus racemosa L.
Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: May 25, 2008 · 2:20 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl
Many thanks to Radha Veach for validating the ID at iNaturalist. . Moraceae: Ficus racemosa L.: 2 images- 1 high res.
synonym: Ficus glomerata Roxb. location/date (both): Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, October 1994 .
Ficus species from Assam KD 01 Mar’2024: 4 images.
Attached images are Ficus species from Assam. Please Id of the species. Date : 12.02. 2024 Location: Assam Family : Moraceae Genus & species : Ficus sp. Habit : Tree Ficus racemosa L.! Yes! … Ficus racemosa! This should be Ficus racemosa L. . Moraceae: Ficus racemosa: 2 high res. images.
Ficus racemosa from Paderu forest area of Andhra Pradesh, on 25/03/2024 . References:
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