Sir there is one tree of Ficus 'Alii' at Sagar upvan, Mumbai.
regards, Rashida. Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 15:58:47 +0530 Subject: [efloraofindia:33818] Ficus binnendijkii 'Alii' from Delhi From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Ficus binnendijkii 'Alii' from Delhi. Must have seen this plant earlier also and passed it off as Salix or Polalthia. Today I noticed terminal elongated bud scales that reminded of Ficus and cut leaf oozed milky latex. It turned out to be Ficus binnendijkii cultivar Alii. Interestingly when I had final confirmation of identification from Trees of Delhi by Pradip Kishen, I read similar observation: "not easily recognised as fig tree until you notice its leaf-buds and milky latex". He further wrights: "This is a patented, man-made hybrid, introduced recently into India as indoor plant, but it does well outside too....does not seem to produce figs in Delhi" I will be on lookout to see if it produces inflorescence (figs) and post it, till then only vegetative plant. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired 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/ -- 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. _________________________________________________________________ Climate, controversies and the changing signatures of nature http://green.in.msn.com/ -- 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.
