To me it was hard to believe that it was stem. I just checked, Forest Trees of Northern Thailand just now, I would like to quote a line from there, which may explain what I might have seen... but I truely remember what I saw was not coming from the top but from below the ground and the, what I thought to be root stalk was running till the base of the main trunk.
"Figs clustered along slender stems which start on the trunk but droop downwards and often reach the ground, forming runners upto 1 m long, just below the surface." Thank you Gurcharan sir for pointing this out... Pankaj On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan sir, > Yes I know abt stalks coming from the lower part of main trunk which > is not very unsual for Ficus semicordata. But what I am talking about > is the root branches IN THE GROUND, when they spread up. I have seen > stalks coming from them. I was also very much surprised. I will see if > I have any such picture. Otherwise, I will request Mr. Hari Shankar > Lal, if he can drive uptill zoological garden in Ranchi (Ormanjhi) and > if the tree is still there, he would be able to send fresh pictures. > Its there on the right hand side of the enterance at around 50 m from > the main gate. > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- *********************************************** "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
