This is *Ficus tsjakela* Burm.f. The sessile hypanthodium and the long petioles are key characters of this species.
Regards Giby On 17 August 2012 12:48, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Please *check for Ficus virens variety*.” from Mahadeswara ji. > > > > > “F. virens have bigger fruits > http://thewesternghats.in/biodiv/species/show/31361 > > What varieties are here in TN?” from Muthu ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 7 August 2012 18:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:123692] Ficus tree for identification 070812MK03 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please help me to identify this Ficus tree commonly seen in the tea > estates of Valparai. The glabrous leaf is about 25cm long (petiole-5-6cm); > fruits: 0.8cm across; no prop roots. Tree height is about 8 metres. > > Location: near Solayar dam, Valparai, TN > Date: 02 Aug 2012 > Alt: 1050 m asl > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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 & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) 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'. > > -- 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 --
