Although there seems to be two or more trees in some of the pictures but the 'leaf' close up makes me stick with the previous diagnosis although i may be wrong.
rakesh On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am an amateur but to me this looks like "Ficus Religiosa" also called > Aswattha in Bengali or Peepul in Hindi. > > However i would wait for the experts to confirm. > > :-) > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:27 PM, YvonneHealing > <yvonne.heal...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Dear Group Members >> >> I am attaching 5 pictures of two trees we have here in West-Bengal - one >> seems >> a bit younger than the other, but they look the same. >> >> I noticed they shed their leaves once a year and go almost completely bare >> before getting >> new green leaves. They make some type of small white flower which is >> really no more than just a white petal that's rolled up - you can see the >> beginnings of one emerging in the photos. Their leaves I think can be >> classified as heart-shaped, and are about 4 inches across and 7 or 8 inches >> long on average. They look a lot like rubber tree leaves but these are not >> so dark. >> Plus they have some branches hanging down as you will see on the tree >> trunk picture. >> >> Please can anyone help me with the name of this type of tree in English >> and also in Indian languages? >> >> Thank you! >> Yvonne >> >> >
