Probably ficus species for ID

Alok Goyal

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Aug 23, 2011, 2:35:26 AM8/23/11

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Hallo all

here is a tree which i have never seen in flowering or fruiting. the only other structures found on this tree are the gall like (probably some viral infection) outgrowths on the leaves.

date and time of photograph- 17th August, 9:30 AM

Place- Chandigarh

Habit-- tree

leaves long, slightly leathery, thick.

Flowers and fruits- Not seen

Alok

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H S

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Aug 23, 2011, 3:03:08 AM8/23/11

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Ficus racemosa L. (Moraceae), Locally known as Gular in Hindi, Umbar in Marathi

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- H.S.

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Neil Soares

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Aug 23, 2011, 3:30:24 AM8/23/11

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Hi,

This is the Wild Fig tree [Ficus racemosa, Umber, Gular]. My photographs of the leaf galls are available at this link :

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/d3d6b4dee4955609/9eaf332fc7a47046?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Leaf+Galls+Neil+Soares#9eaf332fc7a47046

Regards,

Neil Soares.

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