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Botanical Name: Albizia lebbeck
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: शिरीष
Etymology - Genus: Named for Filipo del Albizzi, 18th century Florentine nobleman who introduced A. julibrissin into cultivation
Etymology - Species: Named after a place in Egypt
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Rajasthan
Description: Tall tree with grey-brown bark.Bipinnately compound leaf, arranged alternate-spirally around the stem. Presence of lenticel on base of the leaf stack.Paripinnate leaflets, oblong with oblique base. Leaflet close together during night.Yellowish to greenish white flower heads, seek the attention by pleasant fragrance.Flower colour is actually the colour of numerous stamen.White dried pods rattle in the wind producing a characteristic sound.
Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Cracked
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Tall tree with grey-brown bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf, arranged alternate-spirally around the stem. Presence of lenticel on base of the leaf stack.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, oblong with oblique base. Leaflet close together during night.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
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Inflorescence Description: Yellowish to greenish white flower heads, seek the attention by pleasant fragrance.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic polysepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
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Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Polyandrous
Androecium Number of Stamens: Many
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Floral Parts Description: Flower colour is actually the colour of numerous stamen.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: White dried pods rattle in the wind producing a characteristic sound.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
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