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Opposite Leaf Fig

பேய் அத்தி

Ficus hispida

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Opposite Leaf Fig
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Overview

Ficus hispida, also known as the opposite leaf Fig, is a small tree in the family Moraceae, with a distribution ranging from India and southern China southwards to northern Australia. It is morphologically gynodioecious, but functionally dioecious. Male trees are hermaphrodites with both staminate flowers that produce pollen and pistillate flowers that produce almost no seeds but can form galls containing pollinator wasp larvae. Female trees have pistillate flowers that do produce seeds but are inhospitable to pollinator wasp larvae.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Ficus hispida — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): பேய் அத்தி — CC BY-SA 4.0