Ficus auriculata, Lour. <=> Elephant Ear Fig Tree Raman
On Nov 10, 2012, at 1:05 PM, jmgarg1 wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: M Swamy <[email protected]> > Date: 5 November 2012 18:09 > Subject: [efloraofindia:137392] ID No. MS 051112 -108 - Elephant ear fig tree > / Giant Indian Fig Tree. ID confirmation requested . > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]>, Dinesh Valke > <[email protected]>, Neil Soares <[email protected]>, Prabhu kumar > KM <[email protected]> > > > > Attaching herewith the photographs of Elephant ear fig tree / Giant Indian > Fig with very big leaves measuring nearly 15 inches across and figs at the > base of the main trunk. I think this is Ficus auriculata Lour (syn.Ficus > roxburghii Steud). Origin: India. > Photos were taken in a farm near Mysore in Karnataka on 3.11.12. > Confirmation of the ID of the Ficus species is requested. > > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more > than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > <IMG_8497.JPG><IMG_8494.JPG><IMG_8496.JPG><IMG_8495.JPG><IMG_8493.JPG> --
