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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Ficus religiosa - L.
Family Moraceae
Common Name Aswatth, Peepal, Pipar, Holy tree, Sacred fig
Habit Tree
Synonym Ficus peepul L.
Habitat Roadsides, river bank
Color Of Flower Red
Key Characters Leaves caudate, acuminate with acumen ( apical tail) longer about 1/3 to ½ of the length of lamina.
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Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
Class :
Monochlamydae
Series :
Unisexuales
Order :
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Plant Description
Tree large, glabrous, bark grey; branches without aerial roots; leaves long petioled, entire, undulate, coriaceous, shining, cordate to obovate, apex long tailed, 5-7 nerved, stipule minute, ovate, acute; receptacles sessile in axillary paired, smooth, depressed-globose, dark purple when ripe; male flowers very few, only near the mouth of some receptacles, sessile, sepal-3, broadly ovate; anther 1, ovate-round, filament short; gall and female flowers sessile or pedicelled; sepals 5, lanceolate, style short, lateral, stigma round; gall much more numerous than the female, many without perianth. |
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