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Botanical Name: Albizia saman
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: Rain tree
Etymology - Genus: Named for Filipo del Albizzi, 18th century Florentine nobleman who introduced A. julibrissin into cultivation
Etymology - Species: From the vernacular name of this plant
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune, Taljai Hill
Description: Tall tree with huge girth. Bark is brownish and greyish-coloured and rough. It flakes off in irregular chips. Gum like substance oozes out of the bark. Branches spread to form a huge canopy.Bipinnately compound leaf, arranged alternate-spirally around the stem. Presence of lenticel on each leaflet node.Paripinnate leaflets, recurved with oblique base. Leaflet close together during night.Pinkish, red head inflorescence. Very similar to A chinensis.Flower colour is actually the colour of numerous stamen.Brown, black stickly pods.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Cracked
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Tall tree with huge girth. Bark is brownish and greyish-coloured and rough. It flakes off in irregular chips. Gum like substance oozes out of the bark. Branches spread to form a huge canopy.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 06-Sep-2022 09:36 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2018 07:11 AM
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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 each leaflet node.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: uneven
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, recurved with oblique base. Leaflet close together during night.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Oct-2018 17:43 PM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Pinkish, red head inflorescence. Very similar to A chinensis.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description:
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 08-Sep-2022 09:56 AM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic polysepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement:
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
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels:
Floral Parts Description: Flower colour is actually the colour of numerous stamen.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 26-Feb-2023 09:56 AM
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Brown, black stickly pods.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 12-Apr-2018 07:19 AM
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
