A fruiting tree from Hulekal | Id request 22Oct2009raghu1

[raghu ananth]

A fruiting tree from Hulekal, Uttara Kannada, Western ghats.

 

The abundance of riped fruits  (several hundreds) in each branch of this tree, easily invited many kind of birds  including the elusive - Malabar grey horn bill.

 

Fruit Size: Half the size of  of Gular / Audhumbar fruit (Ficus glomerata)  / Kannada : atti Hannu 

Date: 25 June 2009

Hulekal, Uttara Kannada, Western ghats.

 

 

(Looks similar to Ficus amplissima )
Regards
Raghu

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[Dr Santhosh Kumar]

This seems to be Ficus asperrima

 

Santhosh

2009/10/22 raghu ananth <ragh...@yahoo.com>

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[Rakesh Biswas]

Synonymous with Ficus Exasperata.

 

Here's an earlier post by Dinesh Ji:

 

http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/web/ficus-exasperata

regards

 

rakesh

[Satish Phadke]

very nice picture Raghu ji with apt description of the characters.
Picture after long time. Was there any other similar tree in the vicinity? Would like to know the abundance of the species.
Satish

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[raghu ananth]

Dear Dr. Phadke,

 

The ficus tree was the only one we sighted at Hulekal.

We saw six hornbill family groups in the locality - While some of them flew  over the tree canopies with distinctive loud calls few of them were  feeding silently on the riped fruits. (The largest flock which flew from a tree to another had nine of them.)

I believe the hornbill population itself is an indicator of a good number of such fruiting trees in the sorroundings. Hornbills help in seed dispersal too.

 

Regards

Raghu

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[raghu ananth]

Dear Dr. Phadke,

 

The ficus tree was the only one we sighted at Hulekal.

We could see six hornbill family groups in the locality - While some of them flew  over the tree canopies with distinctive loud calls, few of them were  feeding silently on the riped fruits. (The largest flock which flew from a tree to another had nine of them.)

I believe the hornbill population is an indicator of a good number of such fruiting trees in the sorroundings. 

Hornbills help in seed dispersal too.

 

Regards

Raghu

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