Thank you for ID Pankaj ji and Shrikant ji. I have seen this tree for first time.
Is the fruit edible? Regards, Sheetal Pachpande On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes sir, this is a fruit and fruit will obviously occur on female tree !!! > just kidding... > Yes Sheetal, the family is Moraceae. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:32 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar > <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, Pankaj ji is right on Broussonetia but this is a fruit (known as > > Paper Muberry). The female flowers are greenish and hairy. Regards, > > Shrikant > > > > On Feb 22, 5:25 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> To me this looks like a female tree of Broussonetia papyrifera. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM, sheetal chaudhari > >> > >> <sheetalbot...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Location Pune: > >> > >> > Habit:Small tree > >> > >> > Inflorescence: Cauliflorous, compound capitulum > >> > >> > Flower: very sticky when touched. > >> > >> > Regards, > >> > Sheetal Pachpande > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >> > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Research Associate > >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >> Department of Habitat Ecology > >> Wildlife Institute of India > >> Post Box # 18 > >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
