Dear Prasant Ji, I hope this plant is *Ficus religiosa* L., Sp. Pl. 1059. 1753. King in Hook. f., l.c. 513. 1888; bamber, Punj. Pl. 16. 1916; Parker, l.c. 476. 1956; Kitamura, Fl. Afgh. 85. f. 5. 1960; Bhandari, Fl. Ind. Desert. 348. 1977; Townsend. Fl. Iraq 4(1): 90. 1980; Corner in Dass. & Fosb., Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 236. 1981; Browicz in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 153: 13. t. 7. 1982.
A large or medium sized, evergreen or deciduous tree, 6-15 (-20) m tall. Trunk c. 2-3 m in circumference, with spreading branches and usually without aerial roots, bark grey, fissured; young twig pubescent with pink new leaves. Leaves with a pale-green, slender, (4-) 5-10 (-11) cm long, terete petiole; lamina trullate-ovate or suborbicular, (4.5-) 6-15 (-18) cm long, 4-11 (-14) cm broad, margins entire or ± repand, 3-5-costate at the truncate or ± cordate base, apex .abruptly long-acuminate, acumen nearly half as long as lamina, lateral nerves 6-9 pairs with several zigzag intercostals; stipules yellowish-brown, deltoid-acuminate, 8-12 mm long; cystoliths present only on the lower side. Hypanthodia sessile, in axillary pairs, c. 5-6 mm in diameter, yellowish-green, subtended by 3 silky-puberulent to glabrescent, broadly ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 3-5 mm long basal bracts, internal bristles absent, apical orifice closed by 3 apical bracts. Male flowers: sessile in a single ostiolar whorl or sometimes absent; sepals 2-3, free, ovate-lanceolate. Female and gall flowers: sessile or pedicellate; sepals 3-4 (-5), lanceolate. Figs depressed globose, c. 10-12.5 mm in diameter, dark-purple on maturity. Regards Tanay On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Came across this tree at Jaigad fort wall. Looks like Peepal tree. > > *Botanical name:* > > Ficus … > > *Family:* > > Moraceae > > *Date/Time-* > > > > 29-03-2010 /12:50 PM > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- * > > > > Jaigad Fort near (Ganapatipule- Ratnagiri) > > *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > > > Wild > > *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- * > > > > Tree > > *Height/Length- * > > > > ~ 4 to 5m high > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > > > Typical Peepal leaf shape (8 to 10cm X 5 to 6 cm), heart shape at the > base..(Photograph attached) > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size- * > > > > …. > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > > > …… > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-* > > * * > > Globuse, yellowish green (Photograph attached) > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > > * * > > -- > > regards > Prashant > > -- > 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. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
