There is a whole article on the occurrence of this plant in the Fergusson
Campus of Pune University, but the authors misidentified it as *Dorstenia
indica*:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303081759_Occurrence_of_Dorstenia_indica_Wight_Moraceae_in_Pune_city_Maharashtra_India
*Dorstenia indica *is a rare and fragile plant growing on rocks and tree
roots in moist and shady forests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorstenia_indica
It would not survive in the campus grounds. However, the hardy *Dorstenia
contrajerva *grows in a wide variety of habitats in South America.
I attach a few pictures that I made of Dorstenia indica in Sri Lanka and
put on Wikipedia.
Best,
Peter
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d7kIWu1CgEY/Wz3iQiOVoII/AAAAAAAAc_0/KyMUJ37ay88D7nXrJ-gzWl_H3pxVA58eQCLcBGAs/s1600/714px-Dorstenia_indica_Sri_Lanka_01.jpg>
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On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 6:08:48 AM UTC+2, JM Garg wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot, Peter ji
>
> On Thu 5 Jul, 2018, 3:47 AM P Prins, <pdhp...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Neha Singh,
>>
>> This is the well known *Dorstenia contrajerva *from Central and South
>> America. This hardy plant would have been introduced by the British to the
>> university gardens and would have escaped. It was believed to be a potent
>> counter-poison. It is the type species of the genus *Dorstenia*.
>> For more information see
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorstenia_contrajerva
>>
>> Best,
>> Peter Prins
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 9:33:41 AM UTC+2, Neha Singh wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> This dorstenia sp. was photographed at Botanical Garden of Pune
>>> University.
>>> Hoping to get species identification.
>>>
>>> Habit- Herb
>>> Habitat- Garden
>>> Location- Pune University
>>> Dated- 18th March 12.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Neha Singh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-msalZGzPgNE/T4PhWtJrUAI/AAAAAAAAAV4/UShpOR6Bj3Q/s1600/Dorstenia+2.JPG>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yoAWILnVcoI/T4Ph2D_v8tI/AAAAAAAAAWE/hR4i1u3IgJA/s1600/Dorstenia+3.JPG>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y4AKkGw35uM/T4Ph917Ni6I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/DL7-gaNFWco/s1600/Dorstenia++1.JPG>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xPLwVVw12pU/T4PhCTIMeSI/AAAAAAAAAVs/VV_WdcVPqBE/s1600/Dorstenia.JPG>
>>>
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