Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
MT086 : Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 482 |
| Synonym | : | Ficus semicordata Buch. ex J.E. Smith.;
Covellia conglomerata Miq.;
Covellia cunia (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxb.) Miq.;
Covellia inaequiloba Miq.;
Ficus conglomerata Roxb.;
Ficus hapalophylla Kurz.;
Tremotis cordata Rafin.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Korelawa, Drooping Fig • Hindi: Khaina, Khunia, Bhui goolar, Kandori • Mizo: Theitis, Theitil, Theipui • Telugu: bomma marri, erubodd • Bengali: bainchi • Oriya: theitis, theitil, theipui, podayi • Sanskrit: Chorakapatra, Kakodumbara, Kharapatra • Nepali: Khaniyo, Khanyu |
| Plant Family | : | Moraceae |
| Description | : | A small to medium sized, upto 15 m tall, irregularly corwned usually. evergreen tree. Trunk up to 2 m in circumference, without aerial roots. Bark dark-grey, young twigs beset with white or pale-brownish short hairs. Leaves with (6-) 10-15 mm long petiole; lamina variable, mostly elliptic to oblongs lanceolate, 10-30 (-35) cm long, 5-10 cm broad, base highly unequal-sided with a 3.4-nerved rounded large lower lobe overlapping the petiole, margin entire or coarsely serrate. apex acuminate, slightly scabrid on both sides or hairy beneath; midrib often pink below with 9-15 pairs of bulging prominent lateral nerves, intercostals distinct, connecting the lateral nerves; stipules linear-lanceolate 18-26 mm long, brownish-hairy. Hypanthodia on 5-8 mm long peduncles, borne in pairs or clusters on long usually leafless, scaly branches borne from the trunk or main leafless branches, globose or ± pyriform, 10-12 mm in diameter, green subtended by 3, broadly triangular-ovate, brown basal bract, apical orifice closed by 5, pink-brown bracts. Male flowers: sessile, ostiolar; sepsis 3; stamen single with ovate anther. Female flowers: subsessile, dispersed among gall flowers sepals 4, basally united, lobes lanceolate; ovary ovoid, style long, lateral, bifid. Figs globose to pear-shaped, 12-20 mm in diameter, pink or dull reddish brown with white spots, hairy, maturing at ground level. Fl. & Fr. Per.: March-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Koktu Valley Probably elsewhere, in stream beds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The juice of the roots is applied to treat headaches, and is also recommended for fevers and menstrual disorders. The bark, combined with Schima wallichii and Syzygium cumini, is used to treat gastric troubles and peptic ulcers. The immature fruit is used to treat constipation. A paste of the fruit is applied to the forehead to relieve headaches. The latex is used to treat children with fevers. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: quercetin; quercitrin; shikimic; 4-methylanisole; Dodecane; Tetradecane; Pentadecane; alpha-Thujene; alpha-Pinene; Sabinene; beta-Pinene; beta-Myrcene; Limonene; Terpinolene; Linalool; Perillene; Panasinsene; beta-Cubebene; beta-Elemene; alpha-Gurjunene; beta-Caryophyllene; alpha-humulene; Germacrene D; Shikimic acid; Gallocatechin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (12): Quercetin; Catechin; Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; Alpha-humulene; (+)-Gallocatechin; Terpinolene; Limonene; Alpha-pinene; Beta-pinene; Myrcene; Linalool; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Drooping%20Fig.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200006371
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/261286
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ficus+semicordata
- www.wjpps.com/download/article/1459413873.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Moraceae - Mulberry family |
| Genus | : Ficus |
| Species | : Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. |