Thanks Varun ji! That is the right ID I think! The tree is native to eastern parts of India, used as an ornamental. Cheers! Tabish
------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:58 PM, JM Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > A reply: > "*https://groups.google.com/*forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/25rXtqOmx_c > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/25rXtqOmx_c> > Should be *Ficus* *curtipes* Corner (*F. obtusifolia* Roxb. - > Illegitimate) > Kind regards, > Varun" > > Thanks, Varun ji. > > > On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 11:10:21 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: >> >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> “Foliage looks too big to be F. microcarpa or F. microcarpa 'Green Gem', >> but too small and wrong shape to be F. elastica, F. macrophylla, or F. >> columnaris. Looks close (shape, size) to F. rubiginosa, but foliage lacks >> any tomentum, is too concolorous, and has fruit of the wrong color. >> That's about all I've got. I'm pretty certain it is one that I haven't >> seen before. >> Regards-- >> Ken. ” >> >> “I think F. microcarpa >> Here are mine from Delhi >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh” >> >> "How about Ficus nitida? >> Pankaj" >> >> " Seems to be the right ID! Compare with this image >> http://genzor.net/osc/images/Ficus%20nitida.jpg >> Only that Ficus nitida is a synonym of Ficus benjamina var. benjamina, >> according to GRIN. >> - Tabish" >> >> "The synonym was confusing to me >> Ficus nitida Thunb. = Ficus benjamina L. var. benjamina >> Ficus nitida auct non Blume = Ficus microcarpa >> I checked with the drawing in Flora of Pakistan >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=50208&flora_id=2 >> and the leaves and fruit agree quite well with my plant. Particularly >> the veins near the leaf base is the same. >> However, my plant still looks different from those in Gurcharan ji's >> pictures and also from the images of Ficus microcarpa on FOI >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Laurel%20Fig.html >> By the way, there exists a ficus microcarpa var. nitida too. >> Clarifications are welcome. >> - Tabish" >> >> "Yes Tabish sir, I realised just now that there are many issues in >> synonymy. I tend to rely more on IPNI than on GRIN. >> There are three nitidas >> Ficus nitida Thunb. Ficus 10. 1786 [21 Dec 1786] THIS IS VALID >> Ficus nitida Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 582. 1847 ; nom. inval. (Valid >> name is Ficus straita) >> Ficus nitida B.Heyne ex Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. 387. 1821 [Apr 1821] ; nom. >> inval. (Valid name is Urostigma nitidum) >> Similarly there are three benjaminas :P >> Ficus benjamina L. -- Mant. Pl. 129. (1767) (This should be valid) and >> so should be Ficus benjamina var. benjamina >> Ficus benjamina Willd. -- Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 1143. (1806) >> Ficus benjamina Wall. -- Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4503. (1830) >> Then there are four microcarpas: >> Ficus microcarpa L.f. -- Suppl. Pl. 442. (1782) (this is Valid) >> Ficus microcarpa Blume -- Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 9: 442. (1825) >> Ficus microcarpa Vahl -- Enum. Pl. [Vahl] ii. 188. 1805 >> Ficus microcarpa Hort.Berol. ex Walp. -- Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 677. >> I remember one of the members was interested in Ficus, we can just >> poke him to get involved. Hemant Tripathi. I am forwarding this to him >> to comment if he has any, and another friend of mine in Thailand, who >> has interest in Ficus and Oaks. >> Regards >> Pankaj >> @ Pranee and Hemant: Dear Dr. Pranee and Hemant, >> Can you please check this plant and give your comments. Pranee, you >> may pass this on to Dr. Maxwell. Hope he is doing fine. >> Regards >> Pankaj" >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> >> Date: 3 September 2010 10:22 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:46351] unid Fig-TQ03 >> To: Efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Looks like a fig tree. >> Small (maybe young) tree, cultivated >> Leaves leathery, shining, obovate, rounded tip. >> Photographed on 2nd Sept 2010 >> Location Delhi (Garden of Five Senses) >> >> Please identify >> - Tabish >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >> 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. 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