Bark
Grey, becoming wrinkled when dry; young branches relatively smooth. Stipule scars are conspicuous.
Ficus rumphii
Syn. Ficus cordifolia
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Mock Bodh Tree (English)
- Pilkhan (Hindi)
- Nandivrksa (Sanskrit)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Moraceae
20m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are broadly ovate or heart-shaped, somewhat leathery, alternate, tip tapering.
Flower
Flowers are minute and enclosed within the syconium (fig). Male flowers are few, stamens 1. Female flowers ovary white, ovoid, smooth, style persistent, club-shaped stigma.
Fruit / Seeds
Axillary, paired or clustered on leafy branchlets, spherical and smooth, white with dark spots when young, turning dark purple to black when ripe.
Did you know?
The species name rumphii honours Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627–1702), a pioneering botanist who documented the flora of Southeast Asia. It resembles the sacred Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) and is planted near Buddhist and Hindu temples as the “Mock Bodhi.”
Distribution
China (W. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia