Hi, Affirmative. The fruit are eaten by tribals but have not seen the local villagers doing the same. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 4/20/12, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: From: surajit koley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:113895] Ficus sp. ID from Hooghly 20-04-12 SK-3 To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:13 AM Good morning Sir and thank you for the ID. Found your photographs at - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Gmelina$20arborea$20neil/indiantreepix/Ti0DgOZ3rQ4/NGpsCKUvIUAJ Are those fruit edible? Regards, Surajit On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, This is Shivan [Gmelina arborea] also called Gamari [White Teak]. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this. With regards, Neil Soares.

