Ficus hederacea

Ficus hederacea Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 538 1832. (Syn: Ficus anabatos Voigt; Ficus cantoniensis Bodinier ex H.Lév.; Ficus fructicosa Roxb.; Ficus longipes Griff.; Ficus ludens Wall. [Invalid]; Ficus scandens Roxb. [Illegitimate]);

Common name: Ivy Fig • Nepali: दुधे लहरी dudhe lahari


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Ficus sarmentosa ??? AT Sept 2017/03 : 11 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Ficus sarmentosa ???
Mentioned as F. foveolata in FLORA SIMLENSIS by Col. Collett and all descrition matching with it except figs.
Confusion is: In my samples, fruits are smooth but at EFI and FoI,
fruits are warty in appearance. Even leaves appear somewhat different.
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/moraceae/ficus/ficus-sarmentosa
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Nepal%20Fig.html
District Bilaspur. H.P. and Shimla H.P.
This should be Ficus hederacea Roxb.
Leaves are not appearing distichous in first image (distichous in F. sarmentosa), not so acute to acuminate (as in F. sarmentosa); basal lateral veins extending to 1/3 to 1/2 of leaf blade length in F. hederacea.
As both species have lot of variations in morphological characters and difficult to follow few literature for identification. In both species Figs appear axillary, solitary or paired, sessile to stalked (up to 1.5 cm long peduncle), fig surface smooth to sparsely pubescent, or densely covered with brown hairs. Can be differentiated with presence/ absence of bristles when transversely dissected. Fig colour in F. sarmentosa  is purplish whereas in F. hederacea from yellow to dark red.
Thank you, ... It seems convincing. Now, I have to recheck the plants occurring Shimla, as they have missed their entry in FLORA SIMLENSIS.
Thank you ... These may very well be F. heterophylla but I haven’t revisited the plant and studied it properly. I hope to do so soon.    

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MS March, 2018/04 Ficus sp. for ID : Attachments (1) 
Location : Tamdil, Mizoram
Date : 16-03-2018
Habit : Climbing shrub, climbing on tree trunk.
Habitat : Wild
Mizo : Vai-sawi 
Pl. check comparative images at Ficus
This should be Ficus hederacea Roxb.

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SK2000 14 June 2019 : 9 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 750 kb each. 
Location: Godawari, Lalitpur,, Nepal
Altitude: 1521 m.
Date: 04 June 2019
Habit : Wild
Ficus pubigera (Wall. ex Miq.) Miq. ???
Does the characteristics as described in ACFPN link matches ??
This is Ficus hederacea Roxb., receptables on long peduncles. Mostly sessile in F. pubigera.
 

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