Thanks Gurcharanji for uploading the picture of the leaves of Ficus religiosa which made the comparison very easy.
Thanks Shubhada for sharing your pictures of F. arnottiana. Renee On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Vyas ji for sharing this interesting species, which has bee confused > with F. religiosa on this group a number of times. There are two key > features in the leaves to distinguish: Leaf base is cordate and tail at tip > shorter than 2.5 cm in F. arnottiana. In F. religiosa the leaf base is > rounded to slightly cuneate and tail at tip much longer, usually longer than > 3 cm and contributing about one third of leaf length. The leaves may be > undulate and variously thick in both, depending on age. Same may be true > about prominence of veins. Of course there difference in habit, often not > brought out in photographs. > > Another authentic photograph of this species is uploaded by Dinesh ji on > FOI > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Rock%20Fig.html > > > I am uploading my photograph of F. religiosa for comparison here. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Very Nice Pictures thanks for sharing Renee Ji >> tanay >> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:31 AM, renee vyas vyas >> <reneevy...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> I am sharing the pictures of Ficus arnottiana taken in Candolium, North >>> Goa in 1st week of Aug,10. >>> >>> Thanks, with regards, >>> >>> Renee >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant >> Department of Botany >> University of British Columbia >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 >> >> > > >
