Sunday, April 17, 2011

Menstruating Jack fruit tree




Menstruating Jack Fruit tree !

A red liquid oozes out from this funny shaped cavity.

I had seen this phenomenon on some jack fruit trees before but this happened just in my backyard and I could not stop taking a pic. Surprisingly after taking the photo in just a couple of days this 'pullichembu' ( I don't know English or botanical name) plant grew just in front of it - as if to hide the scene !

I don't know why it is happening. May be it is a decease or a natural phenomenon. May be a botanist can shed some light.
Can the jack fruit tree a female?. No idea. So far it has not given fruits. We used to scold it for that.

1 comment:

srijithunni said...

It is probably shedding tears of blood, from hearing your scolding.