Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana

 

FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig

ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist

 

commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല് kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi

 

Native to:India, Sri Lanka

 

 

... leaves with wavy margin, hard, raised veination - almost white to pale yellow in color ... the leaf tips are pointed, acuminate ... and are short in comparison to F. religiosa, which has leaf tips tapering, acuminate, as much long as the leaf itself.

 

... common in rocky places along the ghats.

 

 

References: Sri Mahabodhiya • Ethnobotanical leaflets • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT

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