A good series on trees of Bangalore by Raman ji with beautiful photographs of foliage, stem, flowers , fruits etc. , which speak visually ( the characters of the tree). Kudos! A suggestion: If you coulod kindly put the details of* location of the tree *, it would be helpful to outstation visitors like me who are interested in trees to locate them easily.
On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:36:48 PM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: > > Paper Mulberry is a deciduous tree growing to 15 m tall, native to Japan > and neighbouring areas. The leaves are variable in shape, just like > Mulberry leaves. They can be ovate heart- shaped to deeply lobed. They are > 7–20 cm long, with a rough surface above, fuzzy-downy below and a finely > toothed margin. The male flowers are produced in an oblong inflorescence, > and the female flowers occur in a ball, with long hairs on the surface. In > summer, the female flower matures into a red to orange, sweet, juicy fruit > 3–4 cm diameter, which is an important food for wild animals. The fruit is > edible and very sweet, but too fragile to be commercialised. The bark is > composed of very strong fibres, and can be used for making high-quality > paper. The tender leaves and twigs can be used to feed deer, and the tree > is sometimes nicknamed the "Deer's Tree". > > Raman >
