*Local Gujarati Name - પિપળો* ** *Local English Name - Peepal* ** *Botanical name - Ficus religiosa*
*Details - Scared tree for Hindus and Buddhhists.. Long living tree, over 1000 years.. Fruits are eaten by birds and bats, leaves used to feed camels and elephants.. Home of lacks of insects so again very useful to birds like Flycatchers.. * our sourse of Information is *Trees of India - Oxfort Uni Press* -- Have a nice time, Regards, Dhaivat & Rajdeep.. "Monitor alone uses more than half of computer's total power. I choose to switch off the monitor everytime I take a break." Save a tree - please do not print this email unless you really need to. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
