fruit FOR ID :: Vythiri, Wayanad :: 15 NOV 19

[Dinesh Valke]

Vythiri  Wayanad Date: November 15, 2019 ... Altitude: about 700 m (2,300 ft) asl

which fruit ?   Dear friends, This is a planted shrub (or small tree). I hope this fruit can be recognized. Please help ID.

Regards. Dinesh

[Nayan Singh]

I think Ficus pumila

Thanks

Nayan.

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Retd. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal India.

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Yes. I agree with Nayan Ji's id of Ficus pumila.

Regards,

Aarti 

[ushadi]

All i have ever seen of Ficus pumila is the vine that creeps up

and has small clinging to the wall//flat on the wall leaves

so searched if it has a life history of developing fruits

and it was easy:

MoBotG has a short sweet description, and is very apt

i am copypasting it here with its URL, so that we

will have it for ou website.

quote from MoBotG:   

"Noteworthy Characteristics

Ficus pumila, commonly called creeping fig, is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen,

climbing vine that from a distance simply does not look much like a fig.

Where it may be grown outdoors, it will climb and cover walls, posts, trellises and

other structures by adhesive aerial rootlets. Outdoor plants can grow to 15’ or more.

On climbing stems, juvenile foliage consists of ovate, heart-shaped leaves to 1” long.

On fruit-bearing stems, mature foliage is oblong to elliptic, thicker, shinier and larger (to 4” long).

Hairy pear-shaped fruits (to 2.5” long) may appear on outdoor plants throughout the year.

Fruits emerge green ripening to purple. Flowers and fruits rarely appear on indoor plants.

Stems have a milky sap. Indoors, this plant may be grown on room-dividing trellises or

in hanging baskets or sprawling over a shelf. Varieties available in commerce include

ones with variegated foliage and with oak-like lobed leaves. Synonymous with F. repens." end quote

URL:http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b599

thanks Dinesh for showing this fruit

Regards

Ushadi

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Nidhan ji and Aarti ji for this ID.

The plant is so common, and the fig so elusive ... certainly a prize for me !!

The fig was no less large than a normal pear found in markets - about 3 - 4 inch long !!! And the plant was trained to grow in erect fashion with help of support.

The leaves otherwise small, here were quite large.

Thanks Usha di for getting the description. It supports what is observed.

Regards.

Dinesh

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[ushadi]

yes, you found a beauty and thought provoking s[ecimen

thats why life history of a plant from seedling to older mature stages are so very important to observe,

often they surprise you

like this one

May be the point of difference was that it was trained to stand upright

may be that changes the gene expression:

ie enlarges the leaves, and produces fruits

ie it got different use of its energy

may be when its only allowed to grow on a wall, it perhaps

ends up using its energy in producing the little clinging roots and the leaves also "stick" to the walls

and has no energy left to form fruits

may be plants have epigenetics phenomenon

just like human epigenetics.

and it may not be as rare as i  think

for Nayan to recognize it right away, it must be obviously present in nature often enough.

Regards

Ushadi

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Yes, correct ID.

Saroj Kasaju

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Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Saroj ji for the validation.

Regards.

Dinesh

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[dr.rakesh Singh]

Impressive plant is this Ficus pumila . 

I adore it for its ability to scale walls !!! And ride trees too !!! 

For a small leaf plant , fig (hypanthodium) is pretty big in this species ...bigger than F. glomerata or F. cairica . 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks Rakesh ji.

Indeed an intriguing plant!

Regards.

Dinesh

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