Vijaya may be just right that would explain the black color of the fruit and the cap on the fruits
and leaf veins and Vijaya they do well in southern California there is a famous stretch of a street in Pasadena lined with magnificent camphor trees, old mature ones. gets written up periodically in LA times. usha di On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > To me it looks like *Cinnamomum camphora*, although not sure if it can > grow in CA. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Usha Di, >> I know its not Ficus benjamina. >> This is something else. >> Just that the leaves from a distant looked similar. >> Fruits are very different. >> Adding a cropped picture.....hope it helps. >> And this was seen in Fremont on the 28th of Sept, not in Sacramento. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> not ficus benjamina >>> look at the leaf veins >>> these are three arising at the very start >>> f. ben does it differently.... one main and then very thin ones run thre >>> entire length of the leaf at aboyt 70 to 85 degrees to the main vein right >>> upto the very edge where there is sort of networking of the veins. >>> >>> Also fruits are on longish stalks >>> that if i remember correctly is also not ben. >>> >>> what it is I dont know... too many ficuses and too many cultivars. esp >>> from hawaii and malaya etc... >>> may be some of our ficus guys know... >>> >>> also ben's fruits start off green, turn yellow/orange and drop... only >>> rarely do they turn black.. why and when ... I dont now.. diesease? >>> drought? >>> usha di >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A small cultivated tree seen in the front yard of a house in Sacramento >>>> on 7th Oct,14.. >>>> Small berry-like green fruits turning black on ripening. >>>> Have just this picture, since it was someone else's garden, didn't wait >>>> there. >>>> Leaves were leathery reminded me of Ficus benjamina but the tiny fruits >>>> were different. >>>> Aarti >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- Usha di =========== -- 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/d/optout.
