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[Thiruvengadam Ekambaram]

Dear Sir/Madam
What I came to know about the Joshimath is Sankracharya from Kerala
came to this place to spread Hinduism.
The tree, I was told 2500 years old.
As desired I attached more photos which I shot.

[shrikant ingalhalikar]

This I suppose ie none else than Morus alba, a very unusual tree to be
several hundred years old. Regards, Shrikant

On Aug 24, 10:59 pm, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram

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[tanay bose]

t looks like Morus alba to me too

Tanay

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[Navendu]

What are the chances of it being a Broussonetia, just a thought, its
too big to be a Morus alba but then if its that old then likely it
could get that big.

navendu

On Aug 25, 2:07 am, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *t looks like Morus alba to me too*
> *Tanay*

[nabha meghani]

Thanks for the Info.
Regards
Nalini

[Rashida Atthar]

Thanks a lot for the additional pictures Thiruvengadam ji. I wonder how the age was determined. In an earlier discussion of this tree I have quoted from an article which appeared in TOI about this tree. 'The book of Indian trees' by K.C. Sahni mentions the age of this tree as 1200 years! But really great to see the actual pictures. Thanks again. 

regards,

Rashida

[Pankaj Kumar]

I think there are more than one tree. May be both Broussonetia and
Morus are there. Leaves in second pic is not glabrous like that in
first.
Pankaj

[Pankaj Kumar]

Age can be determined easily by the annual growth rings in the trunk.
Pankaj

[Gurcharan Singh]

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Distributed as Morus serrata ?

Although Wikipedia mentions Morus nigra as one of the trees known as Kalpvriksh, size of tree (up to 20 m tall in M. serrata, less than 10 m in M. nigra) and long acuminate leaves seen in images clearly points to M. serrata as ID of this tree

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[Gurcharan Singh]

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Distributed as Morus serrata ?

Although Wikipedia mentions Morus nigra as one of the trees known as Kalpvriksh, size of tree (up to 20 m tall in M. serrata, less than 10 m in M. nigra) and long acuminate leaves seen in images clearly points to M. serrata as ID of this tree

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