Ficus mysorensis Goni Tree -Fruiting

[raghu ananth]

Ficus mysorensis

Fam Moraceae

Local name: Gon`i

 

 

A tall, large, shady  and magnificient tree found fruiting on Feb 24th 2008.

We saw two of them, one of the tree had just started fruiting while the other had 100's of fruit and some had alredy fallen into ground (by bats ?). An Indigenous tree found in karnataka.

 

check this beautiful link

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/arbimg6.htm

 

Lal`andevana halli, KRNagar, Mysore district

24 Feb 2008

 

Regards

Raghu

 

 

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[satish phadke]

Thanks Raghu
Nice pictures, Very nice link.... it inspires us to check ficus trees in each ones areas.Recently I have seen one or two ficus trees around (Pune Western Maharashtra)with totally yellow fruits may be1-3 cm.Will observe it.
Satish

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[Rajesh Ramnarayan]

Dear All,

 

I found from Top-SLIP that Ficus Mysorensis fruit is a  favourate among all Hornbills. In fact i saw the great indian hornbill on the tree several times duirng the trip. Bears also feed on the fruits..The tree was found with Fruits(Flowers?) in the month of Januray in Top slip.

 

 

regards

rajesh ramnarayan

Coimbatore