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Botanical Name: Albizia chinensis
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: उडळ
Etymology - Genus: Named for Filipo del Albizzi, 18th century Florentine nobleman who introduced A. julibrissin into cultivation
Etymology - Species: Of or from China
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Mulshi - Male
Description: Tall deciduous tree with smooth greyish bark.Bipinnately compound leaf, arranged alternate-spirally around the stem. Presence of lenticel on petiole and several more along the rachis. Leaves are similar to Delonix regia (गुलमोहर) but little smaller in size and can be confused when flowers and pods are absent. Auriculate stipule is a distinctive feature in that case.Paripinnate leaflets, sessile, oblong. Leaflet close together during night or in heavy rain.Pinkish, white head inflorescence. Very similar to A saman.Flower colour is actually the colour of numerous stamen.Pods are brown, linear oblong.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Tall deciduous tree with smooth greyish bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Auriculate
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf, arranged alternate-spirally around the stem. Presence of lenticel on petiole and several more along the rachis. Leaves are similar to Delonix regia (गुलमोहर) but little smaller in size and can be confused when flowers and pods are absent. Auriculate stipule is a distinctive feature in that case.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, sessile, oblong. Leaflet close together during night or in heavy rain.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract: Auriculate
Inflorescence Description: Pinkish, white head inflorescence. Very similar to A saman.
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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.
Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Pods are brown, linear oblong.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
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