Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Moraceae | Genus: Ficus | Species: Ficus mollis Vahl( बनपीपल ) |
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| Synonym | Ficus tomentosa Roxb. ex Willd. | Flower Color | Brownish |
| Common Name | Bar, Gadbar, Gadbawar, Gadbhor | Flower Type | Hypanthodium |
| English / Trade Name | Soft Fig | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Banpipal, | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Upto 1200 m | Fruit Type | Syconium |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Figs sessile, globose, hirsutely white- or grey- tomentose, with large orbicular tomentose basal bracts reaching half way up to the fig, apical bracts ( closing the mouth) minute, glabrous. |
| Habitat | Found in miscellaneous forests. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Drier parts of the Gangetic plain, Bihar, Central India, Deccan Peninsula. Sri Lanka. | Bark Details | |
| Distribution in Haryana | Mewat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Large or small tree frequently with aerial roots which never develop into trunks; branchlets tomentose. Leaves very variable, elliptical, elliptic-oblong,oblong, ovate or somewhat obovate, entire or sinuate, acute, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrose above, persistently tomentose and predominantly veined beneath, with a longitudinal gland with depressed centre (when fresh) situated at the base of the midrib or at the junction of several principal nerves beneath, base cordate or rounded. Figs sessile, globose, hirsutely white- or grey- tomentose, with large orbicular tomentose basal bracts reaching half way up to the fig, apical bracts ( closing the mouth) minute, glabrous. | Leaf Details | Leaves very variable, elliptical, elliptic-oblong,oblong, ovate or somewhat obovate, entire or sinuate, acute, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrose above, persistently tomentose and predominantly veined beneath, with a longitudinal gland with depressed centre (when fresh) situated at the base of the midrib or at the junction of base cordate or rounded |
