Thank you, sir. The female spikes are around 2 cms long in the trees here; I was a bit confused after referring to *Trees of Delhi*, which differentiates the male [about 2 cms] and the female [half as long / 1 cm] inflorescence on the basis of size [pg. 106].
Best wishes, Viplav 2012/8/19 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Of course female. You can see fruits in second photograph and ovaries with > stigmas in first. > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:19 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Morus alba* is flowering near my home in Kandivali, North Mumbai. Have >> been observing it since the last couple of years and it flowers twice in a >> year - once in the summer [February-April] and then in the monsoon [late >> July-September]. >> >> Have attached a picture of the inflorescence [around 1.5 to 2 cms] and >> the emerging fruit. I am not very sure if these are the male or the female >> flowers. >> >> Best wishes, Viplav >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > > --
