SUrajit and Gargji What a lot of persistent hard work on both of your parts... to recall a case from 2013 ...
I personally think its not a ficus at all.... with that thin a leaf and crazy shapes ... this is most likely *Pterygota alata var Irregularis * of Sterculiaceae there are two very nuice specimen...one each in the Hort and Kol Bot G... it flowers in feb to march... locally known in Bangla langauge as Pagla gaachh or mad tree, since noen of the leaves resemble each other... in size and shape... found in Bengal India (may be other states too) and Bangladesh.. Surajit if you have all your pictures from last year you probably did see it at the HORT its the first big tree after you come out of the office and turn right, it even has a prominent green backed label board with prominent white writing or vice versa .. cant remember which is newer board.. one at the Kol Bot G is even older tree with quite prominent well developed buttresses ... if i remember correctly its on the path that leads towards the Ganges if you are coming from the great banyan tree, quite a few hundred steps from it.. usha di On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:32 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Ficus heterophylla? > regards > Radha > > Thank you very much Radha Ji, i was reading description of *Ficus > heterophylla* in the "Bengal Plants", "Flora of British India", "Flora > Indica" and in FoC > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322262>. I > found that the following points, as have been described in the above > documents, are missing in my plant - > > - according to FoC and F. B. I. the length of *F. heterophylla* leaf should > be 15 cm or less, but this species has 1 ft long leaves (or slightly > longer); Bengal Plants and Flora Indica do not give leaf size > - unlike FoC description > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322262>, > i couldn't find any stipule in this plant > > Otherwise rest of the description seems to be ok with this plant. > Regards, > surajit > > Hi Surajit, > when growing in the shade and covered by other plants F. heterophylla > can have much larger leaves and their shape is very variable. > regards > Radha > > Flora of China writes, "Stipules caducous", so thats the reason you didnt > find the stipule on plant. > I am attaching one reference for you. Please check Ficus heterophylla and > then check the references on the list, most of them are there online for > free, I checked a few too. There are illustrations too. Unfortunately no > one writes that leaves are above 1 feet long sometimes. Buta s the name > HETEROPHYLLA suggests that leaf shape and size would be certainyl variable. > I assume you can actually write one article about the heterophyllous leaves > of Ficus heterophylla. > If possible please check if you have any pic of the apex of the where new > leaf buds are present. > I love Ficus and there are some more people like Mr. Hemant Tripathi who > can be of help too if you can contact him. > Best regards and enjoy. > Pankaj > *Attachments* (1)- Taiwania_Ficus.pdf > > Thank you very much. > I don't have any pic of the apex of this plant. Neither, did it secrete > any latex when i plucked a leaf. > Regards, > surajit > > This is not *F. heterophylla* L.f., .... Please wait until you have the > flowers and fruits. > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > It may very well not be. > Ficus heterophylla was a guess based on available images and information > Regards > Radha > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> > Date: 29 January 2013 at 23:24 > Subject: [efloraofindia:144928] ficus? Hooghly 29-01-13 sk2 > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Sir, > > Found this wild plant that may grow to a tree or shrub in a village > thicket. There were a few of them, wild, with various shapes of lamina. The > last picture is of a second individual. > > Species : UNKNOWN > H & H : 3 to 5 ft high, leaves are more than 1 ft long, both surface > rough, stem hairy > Date : 29/1/13 > Place : Hooghly > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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