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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Ficus	Species: Ficus benjamina Linn.( पुकर, बेंजामिन फिग )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Ficus haematocarpa Blume Ex Decne., Urostigma benjaminum (Linn.) Miq.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Pukar, Benjamin tree	Flower Type	Hypanthodium
English / Trade Name	Weeping Fig, Golden Fig, Benjamin's Fig	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Pukar	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Up To 1500m	Fruit Type	Syconium
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit Round Nut Small Yellowish To Orange When Fully Ripe
Habitat	Grow In Parks And Other Urban Situations, Such As Wide Roads, It Is Often Cultivated	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Nepal, India, Bangla Desh, Burma, S. China, Malaysia	Bark Details	Light-grey Young Twigs Slender, Brownish, Glabrous
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Trees Up to 20 m tall, epiphytic in early life.Bark smooth with drooping branches producing aerial roots which can develop into new trunks. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptical, thick and 3-4 inches long with acuminate tip. Petiole 1 cm long. Stipules lanceolate. Inflorescence hypathodium. Figs axillary on leafy branches, solitary or paired, red or yellow when mature, globose, glabrous or pubescent, base attenuate into stalk, sessile, involucral bracts inconspicuous, glabrous, persistent. Male, gall and female flowers within the same fig. Male flowers shortly pedicellate. Stamens 1, filament rather long. Gall flowers many, narrowly spatulate. Ovary ovoid, smooth, short. Female flowers sessile. Calyx lobes 3, shortly spatulate. Stigma enlarged. Achenes ovoid-reniform, shorter than persistent style. Syconus fruit	Leaf Details	8-10cm Long With Acuminate Tip, Petiole 1 Cm Long

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