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Ficus lyrata Warb .
Family
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Moraceae
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Local name
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English
- Fiddle-leafed fig
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Distribution
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Native to western tropical Africa
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Distribution in kerala
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Cultivated in garden
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Habitat
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It grows in lowland tropical rainforest.
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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A
popular ornamental plant
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Tree up to 10 cm tall,slightily roughand grey trunk .Leaves large
,dark green petiole up to 50 cm long thick leathery leaves,glabarous with
rounded apex.Figs-Globose or obovate with white dots.
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