''Ficus arnottiana'', commonly known as the Indian rock fig, is a species of fig tree, native to
Indi
Indi may refer to:
*Mag-indi language
*Division of Indi, an electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives
*Indi, Karnataka, a town in the state of Karnataka, India
*Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface, a distributed control sys ...
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Indian rock fig is a tree which is commonly mistaken for peepal (''Ficus religiosa'').
[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Rock%20Fig.html] One of the common ways of recognizing ''Ficus arnottiana'' from ''Ficus religiosa'' is to examine the color of the leaf-stalk and the veins which are bright pink to red in color. The leaf tips of ''
F. religiosa'' are tapering, acuminate and long as against the leaf tips of ''F. arnottiana'' which are pointed and acuminate but not long.
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Flora of the Indian subcontinent
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