<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-79Hv0J4R1QM/T4kAeMfpfaI/AAAAAAAAAkE/7aS0f8CRkyk/s1600/Tall+tree-+ficus+or+sapium.jpg> Thanks Dr. Pankaj, Gargji, Dr. Neil, DR. Vijatasankar.
Here is a much clearer snap I took just now- hope this helps to do the ID. Sorry if I imagined the white flowers and threw everyone off track...Does ficus religiosa completely shed all its leaves during some part of the year- tree was completely bare in mid March. On Friday, April 13, 2012 1:31:24 PM UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > The plant in this thread is not arnottiana. But it is not Sapium either. > It has to be as simple as Ficus religiosa. > Pankaj > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi Dr. Vijayasankar, >> My reply is in a separate mail entitled ' Ficus arnottiana trees in >> new foliage'. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> --- On *Thu, 4/12/12, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:113376] Tree ID- tall tree behind my apartment >> To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: "jmgarg1" <jmga...@gmail.com>, "Vishnu" <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com>, >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com, narayan....@gmail.com, >> navendu.p...@gmail.com, giby.kuriak...@gmail.com, varunvarm...@gmail.com, >> raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com, snmathap...@gmail.com, >> livewithtr...@gmail.com, ranjin...@gmail.com, swamy.c...@gmail.com, "Dr. >> Pankaj Kumar" <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:32 AM >> >> >> Thanks Dr. Neil, I may be wrong. But Vishnu ji has also mentioned that he >> was "...not 100% sure". So, my guess was based only on the available >> picture :) >> Details of flowers and close-up pictures should help. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Neil Soares >> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Dr.Vijayasankar, >> Think you like Dr.Pankaj also missed that it was mentioned that the >> tree had 'pale white flowers'. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> --- On *Wed, 4/11/12, Vijayasankar >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Vijayasankar >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:112359] Tree ID- tall tree behind my apartment >> To: "jmgarg1" >> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> >> > >> Cc: "Vishnu" >> <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com>>, >> >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, >> >> narayan....@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=narayan....@gmail.com>, >> >> navendu.p...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=navendu.p...@gmail.com>, >> >> giby.kuriak...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>, >> >> varunvarm...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=varunvarm...@gmail.com>, >> >> raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com>, >> >> snmathap...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=snmathap...@gmail.com>, >> >> livewithtr...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=livewithtr...@gmail.com>, >> >> ranjin...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ranjin...@gmail.com>, >> >> swamy.c...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=swamy.c...@gmail.com>, >> >> "Neil Soares" >> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>>, >> >> "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" >> <sahanipan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> > >> Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:25 PM >> >> >> Ficus arnottiana is my *guess*. The tips of branchlets bear long >> stipules (?); and fig-like (?) paired sessile structures found in the lower >> axils. Leaf tips seem to be caudate-acuminate (as seen in the bottom-right >> corner of the 2nd pic). Sapium has terminal inflorescence. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:51 AM, jmgarg1 >> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “The description is not adequate ,but it *could be the Chinese Tallow >> tree [Sapium sebiferum].* >> >> With regards, >> >> Neil Soares.” >> >> >> >> “Thanks for your responses. I checked a couple of sources on sapium >> sebiferum- one indicated that the tree grows to about 6 m. The one I >> spotted is over 12 m I think. Also, does the Chinese tallow shed all it's >> leaves and go completely bare? >> >> I will try to see if I can get clearer, larger pictures and share in the >> next few weeks. >> Thanks again >> >> Vishnu” >> >> >> On 1 April 2012 21:14, Vishnu >> <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Dear Experts >> >> Date:01/04/2012 >> Location: Cox Town, Bangalore >> >> Had seen this tree while I was passing by couple of weeks back- it was >> completely bare, with only some pale white flowers- as these were quite >> high and the tree was a bit far away- am not 100% sure. Armed with my >> camera I went to see the tree again today- was surprised to see that it was >> full of leaves and the flowers were not be seen any more. What tree is this? >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SrfIet1u3pU/T3hwt3gqZvI/AAAAAAAAAio/7hpAqmhDk_s/s1600/Tall%2Btree-%2Bfairmont%2Btowers-1-web.jpg> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-omSXtCCOy8A/T3hwtKthENI/AAAAAAAAAic/1WevPeyeKxA/s1600/Tall%2Btree-%2Bfairmont%2Btowers-%2Bleaves-web.jpg> >> >> Regards >> Vishnu >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> 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. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: pku...@kbfg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com; > pankajsah...@rediffmail.com > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 > On Friday, April 13, 2012 1:31:24 PM UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > The plant in this thread is not arnottiana. But it is not Sapium either. > It has to be as simple as Ficus religiosa. > Pankaj > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi Dr. Vijayasankar, >> My reply is in a separate mail entitled ' Ficus arnottiana trees in >> new foliage'. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> --- On *Thu, 4/12/12, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:113376] Tree ID- tall tree behind my apartment >> To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: "jmgarg1" <jmga...@gmail.com>, "Vishnu" <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com>, >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com, narayan....@gmail.com, >> navendu.p...@gmail.com, giby.kuriak...@gmail.com, varunvarm...@gmail.com, >> raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com, snmathap...@gmail.com, >> livewithtr...@gmail.com, ranjin...@gmail.com, swamy.c...@gmail.com, "Dr. >> Pankaj Kumar" <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:32 AM >> >> >> Thanks Dr. Neil, I may be wrong. But Vishnu ji has also mentioned that he >> was "...not 100% sure". So, my guess was based only on the available >> picture :) >> Details of flowers and close-up pictures should help. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Neil Soares >> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Dr.Vijayasankar, >> Think you like Dr.Pankaj also missed that it was mentioned that the >> tree had 'pale white flowers'. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> --- On *Wed, 4/11/12, Vijayasankar >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Vijayasankar >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:112359] Tree ID- tall tree behind my apartment >> To: "jmgarg1" >> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> >> > >> Cc: "Vishnu" >> <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com>>, >> >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, >> >> narayan....@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=narayan....@gmail.com>, >> >> navendu.p...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=navendu.p...@gmail.com>, >> >> giby.kuriak...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>, >> >> varunvarm...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=varunvarm...@gmail.com>, >> >> raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com>, >> >> snmathap...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=snmathap...@gmail.com>, >> >> livewithtr...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=livewithtr...@gmail.com>, >> >> ranjin...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ranjin...@gmail.com>, >> >> swamy.c...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=swamy.c...@gmail.com>, >> >> "Neil Soares" >> <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>>, >> >> "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" >> <sahanipan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> > >> Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:25 PM >> >> >> Ficus arnottiana is my *guess*. The tips of branchlets bear long >> stipules (?); and fig-like (?) paired sessile structures found in the lower >> axils. Leaf tips seem to be caudate-acuminate (as seen in the bottom-right >> corner of the 2nd pic). Sapium has terminal inflorescence. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:51 AM, jmgarg1 >> <jmga...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmga...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “The description is not adequate ,but it *could be the Chinese Tallow >> tree [Sapium sebiferum].* >> >> With regards, >> >> Neil Soares.” >> >> >> >> “Thanks for your responses. I checked a couple of sources on sapium >> sebiferum- one indicated that the tree grows to about 6 m. The one I >> spotted is over 12 m I think. Also, does the Chinese tallow shed all it's >> leaves and go completely bare? >> >> I will try to see if I can get clearer, larger pictures and share in the >> next few weeks. >> Thanks again >> >> Vishnu” >> >> >> On 1 April 2012 21:14, Vishnu >> <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Dear Experts >> >> Date:01/04/2012 >> Location: Cox Town, Bangalore >> >> Had seen this tree while I was passing by couple of weeks back- it was >> completely bare, with only some pale white flowers- as these were quite >> high and the tree was a bit far away- am not 100% sure. Armed with my >> camera I went to see the tree again today- was surprised to see that it was >> full of leaves and the flowers were not be seen any more. What tree is this? >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SrfIet1u3pU/T3hwt3gqZvI/AAAAAAAAAio/7hpAqmhDk_s/s1600/Tall%2Btree-%2Bfairmont%2Btowers-1-web.jpg> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-omSXtCCOy8A/T3hwtKthENI/AAAAAAAAAic/1WevPeyeKxA/s1600/Tall%2Btree-%2Bfairmont%2Btowers-%2Bleaves-web.jpg> >> >> Regards >> Vishnu >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> 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. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: pku...@kbfg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com; > pankajsah...@rediffmail.com > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 >
