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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: MORACEAE Genus: Ficus Species: mysorensis Species Author: Heyne ex Roth
Mysore Fig is a tree that reaches approximate thirty feet with a shady head and few aerial roots embracing the stem. The bark is gray, thick and rough. Younger branches are gray and are a hairy brown, but become smooth. The leaves are about eight inches long and shining on the upper surface. Mysore Fig is often leafless when in ripe fruit. Figs appear in pairs, axillary and are orange-red and smooth when ripe.
(Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M. J. 1992. The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.)
Mysore Fig is popular in tropical regions because of its orange-red edible figs and as a landscape specimen.
(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.)
Mysore Fig originates from tropical Asia.
(Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M. J. 1992. The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.)
