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Bhatt Sweta

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Sep 21, 2011, 5:35:02 AM9/21/11

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Is this Ficus hispida?!!

Taken from quite a distance...

Regards,

Shweta

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Bhatt Shweta

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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 5:50:01 AM9/21/11

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Looks like Ficus hispida.

Try break the tender stem and see whether the center is hollow or not? If hollow most probably this is Ficus hispida.

Regards,

Giby

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Bhatt Sweta

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Sep 21, 2011, 5:54:30 AM9/21/11

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Ok...

Thanks Gibyji for the field clue...

Regards,

Shweta

Neil Soares

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Sep 21, 2011, 9:12:28 AM9/21/11

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Hi,

Affirmative. This is Ficus hispida - the only Ficus with opposite leaves.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Sep 23, 2011, 3:05:20 AM9/23/11

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yes Ficus hispida... ya the only Ficus with opposite leaf "in Maharashtra".. there are more species of Ficus with opposite leaf but are exotics or outside Maharashtra.

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