Pilkhan Tree / White Fig / Ficu virens
Pilkhan Tree - Ficus virens/ White Fig
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| Pilkhan : Strangler Fig :long arial roots like the Banyan's but they tend to rap themselves around the top of the trunk like a muffler |
PILKHAN : An Avenue tree. Where to see : Becoming common in Delhi now and wonderful eye candy in April, Zakir Hussain, Dalhousie, Neeti and Nyaya Marg are purely Pilkhan avenues. Can be seen in Zakir Hussain, Dalhousie road. A scattered tree of relatively moist forest, but adoptable and drought-hardy to a great extend. It grows in moist kind of well drained soils and attain a great size when it is free from competition. Like other strangler figs, it often stars life as an epiphyte growing on other trees and eventually killing them.
A tree that does well in deep soil, and requires a fair degree of moisture. It has a large crown and a new leaves are a beautiful shade of reddish pink. The size of its crown can exceed the length of the tree vertically. Spot it at A gigantic and fairly oil Pilkhan tree can be spotted at the Feroz shah Kotla.
Uses :The leaves makes an excellent fodder, partially beloved by elephants. Its qualities of being a quick grower and providing ample shade make the Pilkhan an excellent and much used avenue tree. Because of the size of its canopy, it makes an excellent wind break. A decoction made from the bark is used as a gargle and wash for ulcers
Aerial roots dense, trailing or wrapped around trunk. Bark with a SILVERY SHEEN. Leaves up to 24 cm leathery with a short pointy tip. Figs WITHOUT STALK in pairs deep PURPLE when ripe.
Pilkhan : Delhi's Pilkhan is Ficus viren. A fairly common strangler fig in Delhi with an immense, spreading canopy that displays wonderful changing tints when it renews its foliage in spring. It has long arial roots like the Banyan's but they tend to wrap themselves around the top of the trunk instead of becoming dangling prop, One of the Delhi's most beautiful trees.. Because of the size of its canopy, it makes an excellent wind breaker. A fairly common strangler fig in Delhi with an immense spreading canopy that displays wonderful changing tints when it renews its foliage in spring. It has long arial roots like the Banyan's but they tend to rap themselves around the top of the trunk like a muffler instead of becoming dangling poop-roots. Seasons : Leaves begins to drop in mid February with little or no synchronization. New leaf in early March, going from dusty purple to red, then through a dazzling array of russets and bronzes till they turn pale green. The Pilkhan show continues till mid-April with another flush in the rains. Leaves smooth up to 16 cm long, variable but generally broadly oval with a rounded base and short pointy apex. The leaf stalk is 4-8 cm long and distinctly channelled. The margins of the leaf are often wavy like all figs, the pink leaf buds (stipules) are shed as the leaves unfurl. Beautiful red to bronzy tints at the leaves are renewed in March.
Aerial Roots : tend to wrap themselves around the top of the trunk like a muffler.
Figs ripen July to September. Figs are pea sized growing from axis of leaves in pairs on short stalks. The fig start out green ripening white with a pinkish blueish and are often speckled with red
Where to see : Becoming common in Delhi now and wonderful eye candy in April, Zakir Hussain, Dalhousie, Neeti and Nyaya Marg are purely Pilkhan avenues
The Pilkhan which has distinctly silvery bark and stalked figs, which are white when ripe.
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