Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Rubber fig |
| Family Name : | Moraceae |
| Scientific Name : | Ficus elastica |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | None |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | South and Southeast Asia |
Uses
It is grown as an ornamental plant.
Description
Large, evergreen trees, 20‐30 m tall. Bark pale gray, smooth. Branchlets strong. Leaves simple, oblong to elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, base broadly cuneate, apex abruptly short-acuminate or apiculate, margin entire. Inflorescence a syconium. Figs axillary on leafless branchlets, paired, yellowish green to pale yellow, ovoid-ellipsoid, subsessile. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: scattered among other flowers, pedicellate, stamen 1, anther ovoid-ellipsoid. Gall flowers: sepals 4. Female flowers: sessile; style persistent, long. Achenes ovoid, tuberculate.
