Ficus lacor

Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 150 1827. (Syn: Ficus avium Gagnep.; Ficus infectoria Roxb. [Illegitimate]);

India (Kumaun Eastwards to Southern Hills), Bhutan, Indochina, Myanmar, Nepal 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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Information on a particular tree:
I have recently done my vastushastra course. My Guru requires more information on a particular tree. She has told me the name as ‘Plakash‘. Kindly send me its botanical name and picture if possible.

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There are three trees which are known as Plaksha in Sanskrit

1. Ficus arnottiana Miq. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Rock%20Fig.html

2. Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham (syn: F. infectoria Roxb.) http://www.indiamart.com/gchem-herbal-extracts/products.html http://www.greenchem.biz/products.html

3. Ficus talbotii King http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/coev/photos/Flore%20Inde/talboti1.jpg

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Ficus ID required: 4 images.
Please provide if for this fig
18Jan2025
Agra, UP

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Though the sapling is very young, but this should be Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. A much similar species to F. virens, figs are densely woolly tomentose.

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