Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Ficus hederacea

Syn. Ficus scandens

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • Ivy-leaved fig (English)
  • Dudhe Lahari (Nepali)

Shrub type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Moraceae
5m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Ficus hederacea bark

Bark

Thin, brown, rooting at nodes

Ficus hederacea leaves

Leaves

Simple, alternate, ovate-oblong, thick, entire to slightly toothed, rough

Ficus hederacea flower

Flower

Tiny, unisexual, inside the syconium

Ficus hederacea fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Small globose syconium (fig), 1 - 2 cm, green to reddish; minute achenes

Ficus hederacea

Did you know?

Belongs to the climbing figs (subgenus Synoecia): a latex-bearing root-climber covered in soft hairs, whose young plants creep along the ground or trunks while mature stems dangle like vines. Reported as dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

India (Western Ghats, Himalayan foothills, north-east), Sri Lanka and SE Asia