Hi Nudrat First of all I am not a botanist.Field botany is my hobby and to know about plants I have started reading about families as a medium of classification.Whatever I write here is sourced from some books or sites.After looking at your post I searched on google about climbing ficus and 150000 results appeared.So there is definitely something like climbing ficus or climbing fig(*Ficus pumila*) What you are talking is about strangler ficus which I think is different. Satish
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Nudrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ficus dont climb on other trees. On the contrary they germinate in the > crouches of the branches and send down roots towards the ground. Till > the roots establish contact with the ground, the growth of aerial > portion is stunted. Once the roots reach ground and establish contact > the aerial portion starts growing. Slowly the Ficus squeezes the > support to death by encircling it and takes its place. This process is > however very slow and takes 100-500 years depending on the species of > Ficus. These ficus are known as strangler ficus and are place in the > group hemiepiphytes by some ecologist. Not all ficus are stranglers. > Out of approximately 800 sps worldwide about 300 hundred are > stanglers. > > On Sep 29, 11:00 pm, "satish phadke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FAMILY OF THE WEEK : MORACEAE > > A family of 53 genera and 1400 species, mostly in tropical and > subtropical > > regions.In India the family is represented by 15 genera and 150 species > > occurring mostly in tropical and sub tropical Himalayas and Assam. > > Vegetative characters : > > They are mostly trees or shrubs or rarely herbs as in Dorstenia. Some > > species of Ficus climb on other trees with the help of aerial clasping > > roots. > > Many species of Ficus produce aerial roots which form great pillars > > supporting the branches. The tree attains immense size. > > The leaves are alternate, rarely opposite, simple, peni-or palminerved > and > > stipulate. The stipules are caducous and leave a scar when they fall off. > > they are small and lateral or intra petiolar. > > Ficus krishnae has a curious cup shaped leaves. > > Inflorescences and flowers : > > The small flowers are basically arranged in cym0ose inflorescences which > > form spikes,heads disks or hollow receptacles. In Morus the male flowers > are > > arranged in Catkins and the female in pseudo spikes. In Artocarpus the > male > > flowers are arranged in pseudo catkins and the female in pseudo heads. In > > ficus a very large number of flowers are born on the inner side of a > > hollowed out globose or pear shaped receptacle. It has a narrow apical > > orifice which is closed by a small overlapping bracts.There are three > types > > of flowers male female and gall flowers the latter are sterile female > > flowers. The species of Ficus are monoecious or dioecious. In the former, > > all the three kinds of flowers are present in the same receptacle. In > > dioecious species the male and gall flowers are are born in the > receptacle > > of one plant and the female flowers in the receptacles on the other > plant. > > Many species of Ficus are cauliflorus, bearing flowers on old parts of > > trunk, while several others are geocarpic fruiting on underground stolons > > which arise from the baes of the trunk. > > The flowers are unisexual actinomorphic and hypogynous to epigynous. > > The perianth consists of usually four persistent, free or more or less > > united tepals which are valvate or imbricate in bud. The stamens are > usually > > four. Sometimes they are only one or two stamens as in Ficus and > > Artocarpus.The anthers are versatile, dithecous and opening lengthwise. > > In the female flowers the gynoecium consists of basically two syncarpous > > carpels. The ovary is superior(Morus) or inferior(Dorstenia). unilocular > > with a solitary more or less curved ovule pendulous from the apex. The > > styles are mostly two and filiform. > > Fruits and Seeds : > > The fruit is an Achene(Ficus) or a drupe(Morus). The seeds are non > > endospermic or endospermic and generally with a curved embryo. > > Pollination and seed dispersal : > > The flowers of Morus and some genera are pollinated by wind. Ficus shows > an > > extraordinary mode of pollination by a special gall wasp. > > Examples: > > Morus alba,nigra,macroura,laevigata,serrata Ficus largest genus with 800 > > species Ficus benghalensis L. Banyan,Wad Ficus religiosa (Peepal) > Ficusramosa > > synFicus glomerulata(Gular) Ficus infectoria(Pilkhan) > > Ficus virens Ficus krishnae Ficus elastca(Indian rubber tree) > > Ficus carica(Fig Anjir) > > Artocarpus altilis > > Artocarpus incisa > > Artocarpus lakoocha > > Broussonetia papyrifera(Paper mulberry) > > > > Artocarpus incisa2.jpg > > 185KViewDownload > > > > Ficus benghalensis.jpg > > 172KViewDownload > > > > DSCN9829.JPG > > 173KViewDownload > > > > Morus alba2.jpg > > 198KViewDownload > > > > Ficus DSCN1001.jpg > > 169KViewDownload > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
