Ficus dalhousiae

Ficus dalhousiae Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 285 1867. (Syn: Ficus costigera Miq.; Urostigma dalhousiae Miq. (Unresolved));

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Trees, to 10 m high, sometimes epiphyte; bark brown, fairly smooth; blaze creamy-pink; exudation milky; aerial roots absent; young shoots softly pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules to 3 cm long, lateral, ovate-lanceolate, puberulous; petiole 4-10 cm long, stout, not articulated, pubescent; lamina 25-30 x 12-18 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base deeply cordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above and minutely pubescent beneath; 3-7-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 10-13 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, in axillary pairs, 1 x 0.8 cm, obovoid, with 3 broad triangular apicular scales, densely pubescent; bracts 3, spreading, broad, triangular, sometimes bifid; peduncle 8 mm long, pubescent; flowers of 4 kinds; male flowers very few, only near the apex of receptacle, sessile, globose; tepals 3, concave, round; stamen 1, connective wide; filament thick, adnate; female flower sessile; perianth gamophyllous; ovary ovoid; style long, lateral; stigma cylindric; gall flowers on thick pedicels, ovary obovoid, smooth; style short. Syconium yellow when ripe.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Ficus dalhousiae Miq SN Oct 42 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).

Ficus dalhousiae Miq
small tree on hill at an altitude of 1000m from Krishnagiri dt Tamilnadu.

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Ficus dalhousiae Miq : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
It seems Ficus dalhousiae Miq from Kiliyur falls Yercaud Salem Dt Tamilnadu

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Yes sir, this is Ficus dalhousiae (Miq.) Miq.

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Ok, …

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Ficus sp. to be ID’d : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3)- 1 mb or more.
Found this in Jawadhu hills of Eastern ghats.

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Ficus dalhousiae,

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In vegetative, the pointing character is the base of the leaf.

Attachments (1)

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Ficus arnottiana could be an another possibility.

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This should be Ficus dalhousiae Miq.

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…, how to tell it apart from F. religiosa, F. rumphii, and F. arnottiana ? Your detailed response will be appreciable.
I agree with F. dalhousiae and I can appreciate the uniqueness of leaves, Still I would like to see  your way of describing them.

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Thank you, …, for strengthening me,

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Ficus I’d please: 1 image.

Ficus dalhousiae,

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1  India Biodiversity Portal  New distribution record of the endemic and rare Ficus dalhousiae Miq. (Moraceae) by K.K. Sampath Kumara, A.N. Sringeswara, K.B. Sadananda & H.S. Prakash  Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary edited by C.P. Khare (2007- Details)