It is intersting. This photograph I took last January, To-day I looked at the tree, the figs are not yet ripe, but will be ripe in a month, The other tree fruits in April. To some one who wanted to know what is Hyapanthodium- It is a form of a fruit aggregate. You do not see banyans or fig in bloom, because the very tiny flowers are enclosed by the fleshy modified recepatacle which encloses all the flowers in a ball like structure, the flowers are pollinated by very small insects who can enter the balls through apical opening. The fruits develop remaining enclosed within these balls, when the fruits get mature, the balls become bigger and red in colour as you see in the pics. The balls are then aggregate fruits enclosed within the fleshy recetacle and is known as a hypanthodium.
On Nov 21, 9:25 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From Indiantreepix Database: > *Ficus benghalensis* *Moraceae* *BANYAN TREE, Bengal fig, Indian > fig, East Indian fig, Indian Banyan, Banyan, Bargadrh, Badh, Bar, Bargat * * > * Trees of Delhi- Figs ripen in April- May, but on some trees in late > Oct. Ficus > benghalensis - Wikipedia, the free > encyclopedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_benghalensis> Fwd: > MAUI BANYAN TREE (Ficus benghalensis) - indiantreepix | Google > Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c...> > The > Banyan – Life giver or life taker? - indiantreepix | Google > Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4...> > Strangler > Figs - Ficus ssp. <http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/strangler_figs.htm> Asian > Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)- Female looking for ripe Banyan tree (Ficus > benghalensis) figs - indiantreepix | Google > Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/05e...> > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:46 PM, sibdas ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am sending a plant studied with Ruby, F. bengalensis with > > hypanthodia.The plant stands on the SE corner of my Calcutta > > residence, on the NE stands another, but the figs. in that plant not > > yet ripe. This happens every year. When the fruits of this plant are > > all consumed , long after that the other plant offers feast to many > > birds of different kind. Perhaps Ficus offer feed to the birds all > > through out the year. > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & > Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
