Medaram - 2016

Palm Tree in the Banyan

There are plants that are parasitic, some are total - entirely dependent on the host plants, while some are partial, synthesising chlorophyll but dependent on host for water and other nutrients.  Palm trees are not parasitic.  They are seen widely in India and some Asian countries.  In Telangana we see these plants very commonly.
Here is the palm tree which is seen grown within the banyan tree.  This type of palm tree in the banyan tree are seen occasionally in the forest areas.  I saw a few along the dry lands seen between Warangal and Hyderabad.  This picture is taken at Kotagullu, Warangal.  The tree has its roots in the banyan tree.  as it has leaves it can synthesise chlorophyll but dependent on the host tree for water and other nutrients.  There are few more trees seen behind this, probably they too are partially parasitic.  This is imposed parasitism.
It is surprising how the seed falls into the host tree and germinates.  The banyan tree looks magnanimous with tuft of palm shoots as its corona.

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