Thanks, Usha ji. On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 13:07, Usha Lachungpa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Garg ji, Varun, > Thanks for the id suggested *Ficus hookeriana* Corner. I checked > https://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/img//Ficus%20hookeriana/F._hookeriana_1.jpg > where the image shows the specimen from RBGE collected from Sikkim, but I > could not view all the details. It seems to match my tree. So thanks > again. > > But I am still not sure why the fruits do not seem to ripen and change > colour. Will try and keep a watch for pollinator wasps if any. > > In Sikkim *Ficus roxburghii *is called Nebaro. It has large rounded > leaves and is extensively used by local people not only for fodder but also > to pack butter, cottage cheese, fermented soybean, etc. and also stitched > into leaf plates, cups during religious ceremonies in Nepali communities. > > My *Ficus hookeriana* Corner used to be lopped for only fodder, and the > Nepali community here calls it 'Bar / Bur' (as in 'Bar-Pipal' where both > these are usually planted near each other). People plant *Ficus > roxburghii *near their cowsheds and edges of fields and they call this > 'Nebaro'. Due to extensive lopping for fodder, one can never know the > natural height these Nebaro could grow if allowed. They are also very > common, unlike my Ficus. > > Kind regards, > Usha > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 11:14 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This should be *Ficus hookeriana* Corner >> >> Similar to *F. benghalensis* but without aerial roots and fig with cup >> shaped connate basal bracts enclosing lower third of fig, in Nepali its >> called as Nebharo. >> >> Kind regards, >> Varun >> >> On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 21:28, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Usha ji. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Usha Lachungpa <[email protected]> >>> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 13:11 >>> Subject: Re: Ficus tree from Chongey, East Sikkim : id needed pl >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> >>> The Ficus tree, like the Banyan, locals call this too as 'Bar'. >>> >>> The green fruits drop and rot. The tree too sheds a lot of leaves every >>> season, becoming quite bare (my leaf litter stash really piles up) , then >>> the new flush greens it up again. I thought Ficus were evergreen. >>> >>> On Fri, 5 Mar 2021, 1:05 pm Usha Lachungpa, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear eflora group, >>>> I need help with identification of this rather large (c. 20m tall) >>>> Ficus sp. tree in our compound at Chongey, East Sikkim. It was planted >>>> around 30-40 years ago from saplings distributed by Forest Department then. >>>> I have no further information as the person who planted it is no more. It >>>> suffered regular lopping till about 6-7 years ago and some still due to the >>>> building constructed few years ago. >>>> >>>> It is coming into fruit now and visited by the neighbourhood Palm >>>> Civet, fruit bats and many birds in season. No aerial roots. Local >>>> literature says there are around 30 Ficus species in Sikkim. >>>> >>>> The fruits on this one are seen only on the tips of the thin branch >>>> tips which bear leaves, and none at all on the trunk or thicker branches; >>>> like in F. altissima, in the leaf axils. The fruits also do not change >>>> colour, remaining green, not seeming to ripen. I feel perhaps its specific >>>> pollinator wasps are missing. Any help with id is greatly appreciated. >>>> Pictures attached. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Usha Lachungpa >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > > > -- > Usha Lachungpa > > Retd. Prin. Chief Research Officer, FEWMD, GoS > > President, Green Circle the Environment Group of Sikkim > > Founder Member Sikkim Ornithological Society* > > Member Sikkim Biodiversity Board > > Email: [email protected]; Cell: +91-9434025273, Res: +3592-297274 > > Add: c/o Ganden Lachungpa, Beechu Khim, Chongey Taar, East Sikkim 737103 > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCBDsCQehCcO4X0Dq%3DAZ48RZDOSc_TUULfcfWw-BzrocA%40mail.gmail.com.
