Re: Mystery tree
Thank you for the suggestion, Moira. I'll go back and check with him,
though he was very insistent about "no flowers no fruit"--for an outdoor-
restaurant keeper that means "no litter" and unless the flowers are
totally negligible as litter, you'd think he would have noticed (unless
of course they flower extremely early, before it's al fresco eating
season). I've researched the tree on the net and except for that
everything's a perfect match.
Cali
Tony & Moira Ryan escribi&sgr;:
> 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
>
> --
> 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
