HC Weber quiz 4

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HC Weber quiz 4

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Another one!
Very rarely in the wild , locally frequent grown as an ornamental tree (along the road). People from Gozo should know the tree somewhat better :wink: than people from mainland Malta. Because it is not easy to find out the species name, one beer for the first right answer on sunday evening (april, 2nd) in the palace! :D
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I live in central mainland Malta, so I am automatically out from this quiz :!: Note from the photographer - too shadowy since taken against light :-(

Curios tree though
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1- no excuse
2- I did not say exclusively
3- Note from another photographer - taken against light might be more attractively, sometimes...Have the heart to do it oftener
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Tamarix?
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:( no
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By the way.... I am very glad that we will meet you at the beg of April. I plan to make some activity (for the active core members) to meet you and go for some walk and drinks. I will talkwith you more about this.

Welcome back to Malta 8) 8) 8) - many of us wish to meet you....
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Salix :?: alba :!: :!:
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very very very very very very very very very very very very cold :)
ok- first help: it is pretty close related to Ficus carica (very very very very very very very pretty close) :D
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ok- great reactions :cry:
it is Broussonetia papyrifera, a Moracea (e.g. from Nadur downtown, Gozo, or Ghanjsielem, along the main road).
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I (and probably others here) never met this tree so it was impossible for me to get it right - I was just firing guesses to keep the quiz alive. :P

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For those like me who like to learn more here are some links about this tree which originates from NE Asia and is called Paper Mulberry.

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ ... a_pap.html

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/brpa.html



Some History + Other Notes:

Originally native to the Orient, Broussonetia was reputedly taken to Polynesia, where the islanders learned to make paper and the distinctive "tapa cloth" from the inner bark, and glue from the sap. Introduced to Europe in 1750 and subsequently, North America, it is widely naturalized, particularly in the eastern US, as it is frost-hardy and reproduces both by root suckers and seed. Note the dimorphic leaves (Greek: di = two; morphos = shape) - some are irregularly lobed, whereas others are completely unlobed.


Some comments from people:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/61170/index.html
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I do not know if the fruit are poisonous, or why nobody said anything about them. When I see the tree in the right season I usually enjoy a few.
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as far as I know there are only male trees (like in Populus)
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