Garg ji I will check stipules on the tree tomorrow and report back. The two are very closely related species, both accepted names and differ in stipules being glabrous in *Ficus-binnendijkii* and hairy in *Ficus maclellandii.*
Gurcharan Singh On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:58 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ <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]**. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepi...@** >> googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/indiantreepix?hl=en<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. > -- 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.
