Janaki ji, Ficus arnottiana (syn. Urostigma arnottianum) -- botanically, is not a variety of F. religiosa, it is a distinct species ... I gather from internet that it is native to India and Sri Lanka.
... commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല് kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi Within India, the distribution can be fairly gaged from the names in regional languages. I have some photos of F. arnottiana at http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Ficusarnottiana&m=tags Note the tip of leaf, and the venation -- different from F. religiosa. For medicinal values ... http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/plants/621.html Regards. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:24 PM, JANAKI TURAGA <janakitur...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Dinesh, > This is very interesting. I was under the impression that there was only > ficus religiosa species. > Could you post more pictures of Ficus arnottiana, if you have. > Also can you do a comparsion between the two species with photos of leaf, > tree profile, figs and the areas that they are found. > F religiosa has an all India range. > So what could be the range of F arnottiana? Are there any medicinal uses > for it? > Kind Regards > Janaki Turaga > > > On 9/23/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... attaching photo of the ashta leaf. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello friends, >>> >>> Some days back, I was queried whether there is any other variety of >>> peepal tree (*Ficus religiosa*) ... to which I responded -- it could be >>> the wild peepal or the rock peepal (*Ficus arnottiana*). >>> To which I got a NO - he was aware of *F. arnottiana*. >>> >>> The main difference I was told lies in the leaves ... they are relatively >>> fleshier, rather thick would be correct description ... these do not sway >>> with the breeze or cause as much rustling sound. >>> The person referred an Hindi textbook called >>> Vrukshayurved वृक्षार्युर्वेद which mentions this different *peepal*, >>> known by the name *ashta* अष्टा. >>> >>> Another point of difference, which I could not agree is that these trees' >>> leaf's venation end up joined at the margin -- I figure this happens in >>> *peepal* too. >>> >>> Any reasoning ? >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
