Anandji, you should be thankful to the labourers who removed the creeper figs from the wall. It is a lovely creeper no doubt, but it is a Ficus sp. Like all Ficus plants, they send their roots through cracks (sometimes they induce the cracks ) in the host plants or buildings on which they grow. Unlike Ivy, clinging roots of creeper fig are not only for anchorage. The roots grow in girth in no time and cause much damage to their 'hosts'. Most of our uncared old buildings, and Temples have been ruined by its cousins, particularly by F. religiosa , F. bengalensis, F. glomerata. F.pumila is also known destructive ,but only to a lesser extent.
On Oct 1, 10:55 pm, "Anand Kumar Bhatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had this in one of my earlier homes. A friend had presented one plant in a > large earthen pot. It had grown and covered one wall.Then came Diwali days. > I was in the office, and the labourers who paint the wall coolly removed it > from the wall!!! It could never recover after that onslaught. But I remember > broder leaves (not bigger), and not so narrow as has been shown in the > current picture. > Yes! this creeper can work beautifully in place of ivy in warmer climes. > akbhatt > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Neil Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Satish, > > It is Ficus pumila. Some people use it to cover the entire walls of their > > bungalows. > > Regards, > > Neil. > > > --- On Wed, 10/1/08, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [indiantreepix:5208] climbing Ficus > > > To: "indiantreepix Indian" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 8:35 PM > > > After writing about family Moraceae it reminded me of our > > > visit to Someshwar > > > wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka last year. Just near the > > > entrance a botanist > > > accompanying us showed us this so called climbing ficus and > > > told us that it > > > is the only climbing species of ficus.I want opinion from > > > members about > > > this. If anybody has any other information I would like to > > > know it. > > > Thanks in advance > > > Satish > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Bhind Road > Gwalior. 474 005.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
