Re: Mystery tree
Doxiadis/Malefakis wrote:
>
> The owner insists that there are no flowers or fruit--which makes it
> ideal for shading
> eating areas. Could there be a sterile one too? The name does sound
> very close. I'll try and get more information.
Cali
Could it perhaps be a _female_ paper mulberry? The female flowers of
mulberries are so obscure they might not be considered as "flowers" at
all by a person with little horticultural knowledge and if no male is
present in the area there would of course be no fruits.
Moira
>
> > Could the tree be a Broussonetia papyrifera or Paper Mulberry - a
> > suckering tree with somewhat hairy leaves? It does, however,
> > produce flowers of different sex (male - catkins, female - fuzzy,
> > round heads) on different trees, and mulberry-like fruit.Cara
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
