Assessment of Diversity in the Genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) of Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kumar, Anoop; Bajpai, Omesh; Mishra, Ashish Kumar; Sahu, Nayan; Behera, Soumit K.; Chaudhary, Lal Babu

doi:10.4236/ajps.2011.21011

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“…This finding is consistent with previous reports from the Indian Subcontinent (Table 2) (Chandrakanth et al 1990;Dutta 2006;Gadgil and Guha 1993;Kumar et al 2011;Sitaramam et al 2009). We observed temples or shrines were common features at the base of large ahot gos (F. religiosa) and bor gos (F. benghalensis) trees (Table 1).…”

Section: Religious Status Of Fig In Assamsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…If the tree was removed there would be no problem. A well would have to be at least 9 meters deep to get water under that tree" ( (Dutta 2006;Kumar et al 2011;Lansky et al 2008;), the villagers we met did not seem aware of any illnesses that fig products could help prevent or cure. Locals also did not eat fig fruit, although we regularly observed livestock eating fallen fruit.…”

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Felling Ficus: The Cultural Status of Fig Trees in a Rural Assamese Community, India

Cottee-Jones

Whittaker

2015

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Scattered fig (Ficus spp. Moraceae) trees are critically important for biodiversity conservation in tropical rural landscapes. By providing large fruit crops, they help maintain seed dispersal networks and facilitate forest restoration. The conservation of fig trees scattered across rural landscapes is therefore vital for the preservation of ecosystem services and biodiversity beyond the borders of protected areas. Given the threats to scattered fig trees, it is increasingly important to identify potentially effective local conservation strategies that accommodate existing perceptions of their value. We used ethnographic techniques to assess the attitudes of villagers towards fig trees in the village of Komargoan and its surroundings in Assam, India. As reported for other parts of South Asia, we found fig trees have significant sacred status, which included taboos against cutting them down. However, we discovered mixed and sometimes contradictory understandings of the religious attributes of fig trees, which were sometimes believed to be inhabited by gods or ancestral spirits. The benefits most commonly associated with fig trees by interviewees were their aesthetic beauty, large size, and shade during the daytime heat. When the presence of these trees incurred economic costs, their religious, aesthetic, and practical benefits were not sufficient reasons to prevent people from cutting them down, although often saplings would be planted in another place as compensation. Unexpectedly, figs were only planted by respected members of the community, usually older men, who had sufficient social status. Any conservation strategy aiming to sustain the abundance of figs in rural Assam is more likely to be successful if these cultural views are taken into account.

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Felling Ficus: The Cultural Status of Fig Trees in a Rural Assamese Community, India

Cottee-Jones

Whittaker

2015

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“…1,670 km long strip with the elevation ranging between 100-300 m. For the safeguard of the biodiversity, one national park and six wildlife sanctuaries have been declared in this region (Figure 1). The study area comes under the monsoon type of climate which witness three different seasons: winters (November-February), summers (April-June) and rains (July-September) with one (Saini 2005;Maliya and Datt 2010;Mishra and Pal 2010;Kumar et al 2011;Maliya 2011Maliya , 2012Bajpai et al 2012a;Chaudhary et al 2014) regional work. The deciduousness and ever greenness of the species has also been noticed during these visits.…”

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“…The information about the tree diversity of the Terai region is available in scattered form through various publications (Duthie 1903;Brandis 1906;Kanjilal 1933;Panigrahi et al 1969;Srivastava 1976;Singh 1997;Saini 2005;Maliya and Datt 2010;Mishra and Pal 2010;Kishor et al 2011;Kumar et al 2011;Maliya 2011Maliya , 2012Bajpai et al 2012aBajpai et al , 2012bBajpai et al , 2014Behera et al 2012;Mishra et al 2013;Chaudhary et al 2014). All the information …”

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Tree species of the Himalayan Terai region of Uttar Pradesh, India: a checklist

Bajpai¹,

Kumar²,

Srivastava³

et al. 2015

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Abstract:The study catalogues a sum of 278 tree species belonging to 185 genera and 57 families from the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh. The family Fabaceae has been found to exhibit the highest generic and species diversity with 23 genera and 44 species. The genus Ficus of Moraceae has been observed the largest with 15 species. About 50% species exhibit deciduous nature in the forest. Out of total species occurring in the region, about 63% are native to India. Almost all tree species have some importance in one and another way for the local people. In the study area about 80 species flower in the spring, 74 in the summer, 73 in the winter and 30 in rainy season. As per the existing IUCN Red List, 24 species of the area fall under different categories. Presence of these red listed trees in the study area enhances the importance of their proper management and conservation plan.

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“…The genus Ficus is distributed mainly in warm and temperate climates and consists of approximately 881 species (Kumar et al, 2011). For this reason, it is considered the most diverse plant genus in the world.…”

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Initial assessment of natural diversity in Mexican fig landraces

García-Ruiz¹,

Mendoza-Castillo²,

Valadez-Moctezuma³

et al. 2013

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. The common fig (Ficus carica L.) was introduced intoMexico by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the 16th century. It is widely assumed that Mexican figs are the Spanish cultivar Black Mission. We collected and propagated 12 fig plants from six landraces from different states in Central Mexico that represent different climate. All of them were grown in a greenhouse at Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, in the State of Mexico. During the experimental period, the greenhouse had an average temperature and relative humidity of 29.2° ± 5.4°C (SEM) and 78.1 ± 6.7% (SEM), respectively. Morphological characterization was done following a selected set of quantitative and qualitative descriptors established by the IPGRI. DNA analysis was based on a combination of ISSR and RFLP markers. We observed great diversity mainly in fruit weight (28.1-96.2 g), fruit shape (ovoid, pyriform), and neck length (0.97-3.80 cm), which could not be explained by environmental conditions such as temperature and relative humidity. The Nei and Li/Dice similarity coefficient between landraces was determined by cluster analysis using the UPGMA method. Based on the morphological characterization and DNA fingerprinting data presented in this study, our results showed that after hundreds of years, black figs have adapted to local environmental condition in Central Mexico, yielding at least six clearly distinct landraces that represent valuable and previously undescribed genetic diversity. We also suggested names for those landraces according to their location and established a basis for further agronomic and molecular characterization of fig landraces.

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Assessment of Diversity in the Genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) of Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Felling Ficus: The Cultural Status of Fig Trees in a Rural Assamese Community, India

Felling Ficus: The Cultural Status of Fig Trees in a Rural Assamese Community, India

Tree species of the Himalayan Terai region of Uttar Pradesh, India: a checklist

Initial assessment of natural diversity in Mexican fig landraces

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