I believe this to be *Ficus arnottiana* ... 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
Regards. On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Nudrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > There is a possibility that the plant in picture is F. religiosa. F. > religiosa and F.arnotiana are very difficult to differentiate until > the fruits are chkd. I can say this with confidence as i have worked > on germination of these Ficus species. I had consulted Dr. M. R. > Almeida and he told me that it was not easy to differentiate between > the two unless the fruits are studied. > > On Oct 23, 8:04 am, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Padmini, > > It is Ficus arnotiana locally called Pipran. Please check the archives > of this group for our previous discussion on this. > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > > --- On Fri, 10/23/09, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > > Subject: [indiantreepix:21327] Re: Which Ficus is this? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 1:00 AM > > > > Resending with larger pic.(hopefully!) > > PR. > > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is a sapling growing in the hills of Nagallapuram, which is about > > > 100 kms from Chennai, just beyond the Andhra border. > > > There were larger trees too, often growing in the clefts of rocks. > > > The red stalks of the leaves were distinctive. > > > I did not notice any fruit. > > > Please id it. > > > Thanks, > > > Padmini Raghavan. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

