Hello, In the Guindy National Park in Chennai I have seen many palmyra palms being strangled by fig trees. But in all cases the palm trees seemed to be alive and alright. I suppose that these trees have been strangled only recently.It will be interesting to know what birds occur at Kattupalli.Because birds are supposed to play a part in distributing the seeds after eating the figs.
Regards, K V Sudhakar On Oct 29, 5:06 pm, Nudrat <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The process of ficus strangling the host tree is very slow one and may > sometimes take more than 100 yrs as the plant in actual just takes > support from its host. > > On Oct 29, 6:16 am, lavkumar khachar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Friends, > > > This is a very interesting observation.....the palm trees being 'alive and > > strong'. Normally the supporting host would indeed die. The explanation to > > my understanding is that if the host is a dicot, then it dies because the > > trunk cannot develop because the cambium is all on the outer rim of the > > trunk just below the bark while in monocots to which the palm belongs, the > > cambium is in bundles inside the body of the trunk. However, in the end, the > > palm would die when the strangler fig becomes fully established and cuts out > > all air flow to the palm trunk. > > > Lavkumar Khachar. > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:29 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At Kattupalli beach, near chennai, tall palm trees (Palmyra palm, Borassus > > > flabellifer), casuarina & cashew nut are found growing in abundance and > > > are > > > the only greenery on this rather stark landscape. The sand dunes are > > > spread > > > all over like a smooth, white undulating carpet. > > > > We could see a number palm trees strangled (atleast 50) by fig trees. In > > > fact, all of the supporting palm trees were still alive & strong ! > > > > Kattupalli village / beach, > > > Near Chennai > > > Aug 15, 2009 > > > > Regards > > > Raghu > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn > > > more<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_galaxy_3/*http://in.overview.mail.yaho...> > > > . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
