Hello all, This variety of Ficus religiosa is indeed intriguing... As rightly said by Mr. Dinesh Walke, Ficus arnottiana is a different species altogether...
There exist intramarginal vein for Ficus religiosa then how is this new variety different..? Also, thickness of the leaf is a relative term.. Am not clear how to distinguish... Can someone please shed more light on the differences...? Thanks, Saili Palande Datar On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Dr Gurcharan Singh <sin...@sify.com> wrote: > > > On 9/23/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... no, Satish ji ... the person claims it is a peepal tree but with >> difference in leaves that I have put in the post. >> A photo of the leaf is attached too. >> Here it is one again attached for your reference. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Satish Phadke >> <phadke.sat...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> There is one Pimparni(Marathi) tree in Konkan area but different from >>> Thespesia or Paras bhendi. I coudn't find any details on net. Do you mean >>> that? The leaves are similar to Peepal >>> Satish Phadke >>> >>> 2009/9/23 JANAKI TURAGA <janakitur...@gmail.com> >>> >>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> The difference is quite well explained on Flowers of India website >>>> >>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Rock%20Fig.html >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College >>>> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 >>>> Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: 9810359089 >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Saili K. Palande-Datar Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group Apt. 5 Shree Dutta Krupa 908 Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 Tel: 91-20-25675450 Tel/Fax: 91-20-25654239 Email: saila...@gmail.com Website: www.kalpavriksh.org Those who forget history are most likely to repeat it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
