Another small point. The leaf illustrations of Ficus microcarpa at Flora of Pakistan and Flora of North America don't agree very well http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=50208&flora_id=2 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=40846&flora_id=1 - Tabish
On Oct 26, 11:38 am, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > The synonym was confusing to me > Ficus nitida Thunb. = Ficus benjamina L. var. benjamina > Ficus nitida auct non Blume = Ficus microcarpa > I checked with the drawing in Flora of Pakistan > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=50208&flora_id=2 > and the leaves and fruit agree quite well with my plant. Particularly > the veins near the leaf base is the same. > However, my plant still looks different from those in Gurcharan ji's > pictures and also from the images of Ficus microcarpa on FOI > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Laurel%20Fig.html > By the way, there exists a ficus microcarpa var. nitida too. > Clarifications are welcome. > - Tabish > > On Oct 26, 10:51 am, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Pankaj, > > Seems to be the right ID! Compare with this image > > http://genzor.net/osc/images/Ficus%20nitida.jpg > > Only that Ficus nitida is a synonym of Ficus benjamina var. benjamina, > > according to GRIN. > > - Tabish > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > How about Ficus nitida? > > > Pankaj > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > >> Some earlier relevant feedback: > > > >> “Foliage looks too big to be F. microcarpa or F. microcarpa 'Green Gem', > > >> but > > >> too small and wrong shape to be F. elastica, F. macrophylla, or F. > > >> columnaris. Looks close (shape, size) to F. rubiginosa, but foliage lacks > > >> any tomentum, is too concolorous, and has fruit of the wrong color. > > > >> That's about all I've got. I'm pretty certain it is one that I haven't > > >> seen > > >> before. > > > >> Regards-- > > >> Ken. ” > > > >> “I think F. microcarpa > > > >> Here are mine from Delhi > > > >> -- > > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >> From: Tabish <[email protected]> > > >> Date: 3 September 2010 10:22 > > >> Subject: [efloraofindia:46351] unid Fig-TQ03 > > >> To: Efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > >> Looks like a fig tree. > > >> Small (maybe young) tree, cultivated > > >> Leaves leathery, shining, obovate, rounded tip. > > >> Photographed on 2nd Sept 2010 > > >> Location Delhi (Garden of Five Senses) > > > >> Please identify > > >> - Tabish > > > >> -- > > >> With regards, > > >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > >> alphabetically & place-wise): > > >>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > > >> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > > >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(morethan > > >> 1400 > > >> members & 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 > > >> species on 31/8/10) > > > > -- > > > *********************************************** > > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > > Research Associate > > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > > Wildlife Institute of India > > > Post Box # 18 > > > Dehradun - 248001, India
