Table 1.

Morphological characteristics feature in Ficuskrishnae and Ficusbenghalensis species

S.No	Characters	F.krishnae C.DC.	F.benghalensis L.
1	Habitat	Only in cultivation	Wild as well as in cultivation
2	Plant height	10-15 m tall	25-30 m tall
3	Aerial roots	Few, delicate, thin, do not touch the ground and not forming any accessory trunks	Numerous, strong, thick touch the ground and forming numerous accessories pillar like trunks
4	Stipule	2-6.8 cm long	2.5-3 cm long
5	Petiole	4.5-10 cm long, terete in upper portion and subflat and pulvinous towards base	2-4 cm long, grooved above throughout
6	Leafy appendages on petiole	Generally present	Always present
7	Lamina	Generally, with cup shaped structure on lower surface at base, cuneate at base, entire or sub undulate along margins, downy	Never with cup like structures, acute, obtuse or sub cordate at base, entire along margins, puberulous
8	Receptacle (fig body)	Slightly projected at apex	Dispersed at apex
9	Male flower	Chiefly confined to ostiolar region	Scattered throughout
10	Stigma of female flowers	Linear, feathery or flattened	Linear and swollen, never feathery
11	Chromosome numbers	2n =26 with 1-2 small euchromatic accessory chromosomes	2n=26
12	DNA content	1.47 pg	1.45 pg
13	Nodal anatomy	Multilacunar (7-8 nodal lacunae and their respective traces) and variable	Pentacular (5-nodal lacunae and their respective traces) and constant
14	Size of stomata	Smaller	Larger
15	Size of parenchyma cells	Smaller	Larger