New to me Sir. Thanks for showing. It also resembles with *Ficus irregularis* as given in Graf's Hortica. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, May 3, 2010 3:58:47 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > > Ficus binnendijkii 'Alii' from Delhi. Must have seen this plant earlier > also and passed it off as Salix or Polalthia. Today I noticed terminal > elongated bud scales that reminded of Ficus and cut leaf oozed milky latex. > It turned out to be Ficus binnendijkii cultivar Alii. Interestingly when I > had final confirmation of identification from Trees of Delhi by Pradip > Kishen, I read similar observation: "not easily recognised as fig tree > until you notice its leaf-buds and milky latex". He further wrights: "This > is a patented, man-made hybrid, introduced recently into India as indoor > plant, but it does well outside too....does not seem to produce figs in > Delhi" > > I will be on lookout to see if it produces inflorescence (figs) and > post it, till then only vegetative plant. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
