Dear All, The photos look like leaf buds of a *Ficus *sp. possibly *F. benjamina *or *F. infectoria.* We locally call the tree 'KABRA'. The leaf-buds are collected and pickled around March-April, which is when the pictures were taken too.
The plant is possibly planted or cared for as almost all *Ficus *species are used as fodder. Hope this helps, Usha Lachungpa On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 7:23 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “The young leaves (emerging), which are looking like flower buds point > *towards one of the Ficus species*. I am not sure.” from Mahadeswara ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: PlantaholicSheila <[email protected]> > Date: 17 December 2011 22:30 > Subject: [efloraindia:99644] TREE ID------17th DECEMBER > 2011-----S.S.------038---- NEAR GANTOK > To: efloraindia <[email protected]> > > > Please can anyone id this tree. > Pic taken on 12th April 2011. > Near Rumtek monastery, on hill opposite GANTOK. SIKKIM. > Thank you. > Sheila. > > Habitat..... In the garden of a private house. But it looked to be wild > rather than planted. > Tree. > Leaves..... newly emerged . See pic. > Sorry no flowers or other clues! > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & > 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa Prin. Research Officer Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. Govt. of Sikkim Forest Secretariat Annexe Bldg Deorali, Gangtok 737102 Tel/Cell: 03592-280402; 094340-25273 [email protected]
