I tried to get a photo of the tree on the web. I had no luck. Can you help? ak
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, rashida atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thought of adding an interesting fact of Himalayan Mulberry: Morus serrata > Roxb. There is one tree dating back to 8th century A.D. in Garhwal, > Joshimath. at 1900 metres. which is more than 1200 years old, as informed > in the book ' The book of Indian trees' byK.C. Sahni. > > > > Anyone who visits the valley of flowers gets to hear of it on the way. > There was a lead articel on this tree by Peter Smetacek on 20 th May > 2007, TOI. Which is titled " A tree created India", wherein he also mentions > that it is believed to be the oldest tree in India. > > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:48:39 +0530 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:27881] Re: Morus > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Dear Sibdas ji > > Plants of M. alba and M. indica do show some differences. Style-arms are > glabrous, short and free up to the base, fruit red or white when mature in > M. alba. In M. indica style-arms are hairy, long, united for one fourth of > length and fruit black when ripe, but the differences are not sufficient to > to merit recognition as distinct species. My information is based on GRIN > database, which is generally considered as reliable. Both GRIN as well as > Eflora of Pakistan treat M. indica as synonym of M. alba. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > 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/%7Esinghg45/> > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the idea that Morus alba is the white mulberry, the woods used > for hockey stick, whereas M indica (Syn. M. autralis, M.acidosa etc.) > is our common mulberry, leaves source of silk worm feed. > > On Feb 16, 7:55 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Morus indica L. is now treated as synonym of Morus alba L. There are > atleast > > three other species cultivated in North India: M. macroura (syn: M. > > laevigata) with catkins longer than 5 cm, rest having catkins shorter > than 5 > > cm with biserrate leaves having acuminate-caudate lobes in M. serrata, > > uniserrate leaves lobes not caudate in rest two, of which M. nigra has > > leaves pubescent all over the lower surface including veinlets and styles > > densely white hairy. M. alba has leaves pubescent only on the midrib and > > principal veins of lower surface, secondary and ultimate veinlets > glabrous, > > styles glabrous. > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: > > 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Alok Goyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hallo all > > > > > i have two questions concerning Mulberry. > > > > > Is there any difference between *Morus alba* and *Morus Indica ? *if > yes > > > what are the differences ? > > > * > > > * > > > what are the two most commonly growing species of Mulberrry in India > esp > > > North India ? and how can i differentiate between the two ? > > > > > Alok > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googÂlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > 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 > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. 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