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

Ficus tsjakela

Syn. Ficus tsjahela

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • South Indian Fig (English)
  • Pilkhan (Hindi)
  • Kapitanah (Sanskrit)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Moraceae
25m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Ficus tsjakela bark

Bark

Bark is dark brown; blaze red. Branchlets are round, hairless. Sap is white, profuse.

Ficus tsjakela leaves

Leaves

Simple, alternate, spiral, leathery, glossy, oblong to elliptic-oblong, up to 20 × 8 cm, with entire margins, rounded bases and three basal nerves.

Ficus tsjakela flower

Flower

Unisexual, enclosed in sessile, depressed-spherical, fig-like structures, clustered in groups of 2–6 on short axillary tubercles or fallen-leaf scars.

Ficus tsjakela fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Figs are stalkless, about 0.5 cm across, greenish; achenes smooth.

Ficus tsjakela

Did you know?

Young, tender spring leaves are traditionally harvested and cooked as a seasonal vegetable in rural India.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Southern Pakistan to Indo-China, Sri Lanka.