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SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« on: November 07, 2002, 09:25:13 pm »
Guess what this is.  Tom, DanG and Fla_Deadheader are disqualified!!!


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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2002, 06:55:38 am »
Mangrove
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2002, 11:06:48 am »
Nope.....all the mangrove I've seen grows in marsh water. The wood from a black mangrove tree is very dense and has beautiful grain.
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2002, 07:06:13 pm »
Ficus?
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2002, 07:31:33 pm »
Well....yeah but not specific enough Paul_H.  I'll give you 1/3 credit. :)
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2002, 07:33:12 pm »
Ficus Benja,beng,  Banyan?

I better head back to my plant links.
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2002, 07:42:23 pm »
Ficus benjamina
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Re: Whutizzit?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2002, 07:54:46 pm »
 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) Paul_H GOT IT RIGHT!!!  It's a Banyan tree (my book says it's a Ficus bengalensis, but Banyan is good enough!).

There was a huge one about a block from where Tom and I grew up. We'd cut the bark and collect the sap and make rubber balls. The DanG sap would get on our hands and wouldn't come off. What a mess!  We called it a rubber tree.
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2002, 08:14:18 pm »
Charlie,
I've got to confess,I remember reading about that tree,and neighbourhood memories that Tom wrote about,way back.It was a vivid mental picture.So that helped speed things up.

There were two choices,Ficus bengalensis,and Ficus benjamina.I didn't have a good picture so I picked one(wrong one) and had the othe copied and ready to post.

Is that the same tree I would have seen in Maui?It was huge!
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2002, 08:25:43 pm »
I dunno....never been to Maui....

My book says the tree grows principally in India and Burma. But I suppose it grows anywhere it's tropical.
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2002, 08:54:41 pm »


I found this picture on the web.It is in Lahaina, Maui.Thats the one that I was thinking about.They are a beautiful tree.
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2002, 12:59:02 pm »
Das ist humongous tree! :o :o :o
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2002, 05:43:26 am »

That reminded me of this awesome tree that was across the street from our hotel in Waikiki. As my wife said, you could live inside it!



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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2002, 08:06:14 am »
Oh I think you guys are just making up those wierd looking trees with funny sounding names--------they aren't even listed in "Trees of Missouri".

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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2002, 01:08:03 pm »
Missouri?  What kind of tree is that? :D
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2002, 02:09:46 pm »
The picture that I posted of the Banyan in Waikiki lost a lot in getting it squeezed down to fit this forum. That's my son who's 6'2" standing in front of it. I have an enlargement in my office. I have looked at it many times and thought "just how would you cut that tree down?".
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Re: SOLVED:  BANYAN Tree
« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2002, 04:15:40 pm »
Didn't lose much, Dennis.  That's one humongous tree in anybody's book. :P
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