Buy Ficus Virens ( Pilkhan ), White Fig Plant

Botanical Name - Ficus Virens

Common Name - White Fig, Pilkhan

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Angiosperms

Division: Eudicots

Division: Rosids

Order: Rosales

Family: Moraceae

Genus: Ficus

Species: F. virens

Ficus virens is a plant of the genus Ficus found in India, southeast Asia, through Malaysia and into Northern Australia. Its common name is white fig; it is locally known as pilkhan and in the Kunwinjku language it is called an-borndi. Like many figs, its fruits are edible. One of the most famous specimens of this tree is the Curtain Fig Tree of the Atherton Tableland, near Cairns, a popular tourist attraction.



It is a medium-sized tree which grows to a height of 24–27 metres (79–89 ft) in New Delhi and up to 32 metres (105 ft) tall in wetter areas. It is a fig tree belonging to the group of trees known as strangler figs, which is because its seeds can germinate on other trees and grow to strangle and eventually kill the host tree.



This tree has become popular as an avenue tree in and around the cities of New Delhi and Noida.



It has two marked growth periods in its Indian environment: in spring (February to early May), and in the time of the monsoon rains (i.e. June to early September). The new leaves are a beautiful shade of reddish pink and very pleasing to the eye.



This is a very massive tree in which the size of the crown can sometimes exceed the height of the tree. the oldest and most massive pilkhan trees in Delhi can be seen inside the complex of the Humayun's Tomb.