Let us not confuse shoots/branches with roots. About Ficus semicordata: This if from eFlora of China " Figs on pendulous, eventually prostrate, leafless branchlets, ± underground at maturity,"
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006371 And this is from eFlora of Pakistan "Hypanthodia on 5-8 mm long peduncles, borne in pairs or clusters on long usually leafless, scaly branches borne from the trunk or main leafless branches" http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200006371 The fruits may arise from branches or peduncles from underground branches, but as botanists we should not use term root in the same way we can't use term root for potato tuber, Alocasia corm or Ginger rhizome. The point under discussion is can fruits arise directly from roots or not. My botany says not possible. -- 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/ On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks Pankaj ... never knew about the fact that fruits rise from > roots "on the ground" in case of *Ficus semicordata*. > Now understanding what HS is meaning to say that *Ficus hispida* produces > fruits on the roots ... many thanks HS. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dinesh sir, >> Ficus semicordata, I have seen stalks with figs coming out from the >> root on the ground. Dont know of any other species. >> Pankaj >> >> >> *********************************************** >> "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 >> > >
