Ficus drupacea

Rohit N

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Jul 27, 2011, 1:44:50 AM7/27/11

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Hi,

Ficus drupacea both the varieties from Namdapha NP Arunachal Pradesh. Lot of animals, including, hornbills, barbets, hoolock gibbons feed on it extensively. Both the varieties occur sympatrically in AP.

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Rohit Naniwadekar
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H S

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Jul 27, 2011, 9:56:51 AM7/27/11

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Lovely,,, yes Ficus drupacea

regards,

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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone

Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Jul 29, 2011, 12:50:33 PM7/29/11

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Is it edible?? looks tasty!!
Pankaj

Smilax004

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Jul 29, 2011, 1:28:46 PM7/29/11

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I agree with Hemsan that this is Ficus drupacea Thunb. of Moraceae
family
Ficus mysorensis is now a synonym of F.drupacea

Please use the following link for reference
http://www.biotik.org/india/species/f/ficudrup/ficudrup_en.html

Dear Pankaj ji,

It is edible for animals and birds for sure. We generally dont eat it.
But if you collect it from the plant when it is ripened we can eat it.
Remember that there will be lots of fig wasps in it!

Regards,
Giby

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Jul 29, 2011, 2:46:03 PM7/29/11

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That would be world's first non-veg fruit then.... :))
By the way, I got a chance to eat Artocarpus lakoocha after a long
time here in Dehradun. I loved it.
Pankaj

On Jul 29, 10:28 pm, Smilax004 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Hemsan that this is Ficus drupacea Thunb. of Moraceae
> family
> Ficus mysorensis is now a synonym of F.drupacea
>

> Please use the following link for referencehttp://www.biotik.org/india/species/f/ficudrup/ficudrup_en.html

Mahadeswara

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Jul 30, 2011, 7:53:27 AM7/30/11

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Kannada: Goni-Mara ( Ficus drupacea var. pubescens) . A common tree
in Karnataka.

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