I too think that this is *Ficus exasperata* Regards Giby
On 7 August 2012 20:21, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > *Ficus exasperata*, I think. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Please help me to identify this *Ficus* species. The tree was almost 8 >> metre tall and the leaves measured 12x3 cm. The fruits measure 3cm across >> and mature ripe ones are red. >> >> Characteristic feature: leaves are rough like a sand-paper >> >> Date: 02 Aug 2012 >> Place: near Solayar dam, Valparai >> Alt: 1088 m asl >> Habitat: slope on edge of rain forest and tea-estate >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --
