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  • COMMON NAME: Bohd Tree, Peepul Tree, Sacred Fig.
  • ARABIC: لسان العصفور
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ficus religiosa L.
  • SYNONYMS: Urostigma religiosum (L.) Gasp.
  • FAMILY: MORACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853563-1#synonyms https://www.floraofqatar.com/ficus_religiosa.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE.
Moderately salt tolerant, widely spread ornamental plant.
Large, evergreen tree, 4-8 meters high, with a broad, rounded crown, much branched from a short, heavily fissured trunk. Leaves large, simple, deltoid ovate, 5-15cm long and 4-10cm wide, cordate at the base and ending in a long narrow tip; upper surface shining, lower dull. Petioles slender, 3-8cm long. Stipules yellowish-brown, shortly ciliate, about 1cm long. Receptacle spherical. Inflorescence monoecious. Male flowers tiny, very few. Perianth segments 3,ovate. Female flower larger, perianth segments 5, lanceolate. Fruit small, globous, dark-purple, 1-1.5cm in diameter. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated in the desert regions, gardens, parks and roadsides near the sea.
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