N. 0. UBTICACEJ2. 
1193 
A dried specimen from Bundi was analysed and found to contain 
Water 
... 9-9 
Albuminoids * 
... 7‘9 
Oil 
... 5-3 
Carbohydrates t 
... 54-9 
Fibre 
... 387 
Ash X 
... 8-3 
100-0 
The alcoholic extract contains a soluble tannin which gives a green pre- 
cipitate with ferric chloride. 
The colouring matter appears to be identical with that characteristic 
of the other varieties of Ficus.— (Agrieul. Ledger 1904— No. 4). 
1181. F. infectoria, Tioxb., h.f.b.i., v. 515 ; 
Roxb. 643. 
Sans. Plaksba; Parkati. 
Vern. : — Pilkhan, kahimal, ramanjir, pakar, kaol, kaim, 
Pipli, (EJ.) ; Pakar (B.) ; Baswesa (Kol.) ; Prab (Garo) ; Safed- 
kabra (Nep.) ; Kangji (Lep.) ; Pepre (Kurku) ; Serelli (Gond.) ; 
War, batbar, janglipipli, palakb, pakhar, pilkin, trimbal (Pb.) ; 
Killah (Konkan) ; Pepar, gandhaum bara, dbedbumbara, 
lendva (Mar.) ; Pepri (Guz.) ; Jooi, kall-alun, pepre, kurku 
(Tam.) ; Jewi, yuri, bassari (Tel.); Kari, bassari (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Plains and lower bills of India, from the Halt 
Range to Sikkim ; Bengal ; Assam ; both Peninsulas. 
A large, widely spreading, deciduous, fast-growing tree, 
usually epiphytic. Bark £in. thick, greenish-grey, smooth, 
exfoliating irregularly in flakes and patches. Wood grey, 
moderately hard ; with narrow concentric bands of soft tissue 
alternating with broader bands, of firm texture. Pores large, 
scanty, often sub-divided. Medullary rays uniform, moderately 
broad, equidistant. (Gamble.) Young shoots and stipules 
minutely hairy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 
ovale or ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, margin undulate, 
base acute, rounded or cordate, blade 3-6in., petiole l-3in. 
* Containing nitrogen 
... 1-27 pet cent. 
t Ditto colouring matter ... 
... 
... 7-5 
| Ditto silica (Si 0 2 ) ... 
(Ditto phosphoric acid (Pj O 5 ) ... 
... 1-85 
... 
... 0-69 
150 
