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Botanical Name: Anogeissus acuminata
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Family: Combretaceae
Common Name: महा धावडा
Etymology - Genus: Upward-tiled, refers to the scale-like fruiting heads
Etymology - Species: Tapering to a long point
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune - Yerawada
Description: Dry deciduous tall tree. Dark bark with white line along the stem. Observed a white colour secondary branch shooting straight up. Tertiary branches are dropping or hanging down (pendulous). Whole tree turns brown during fruiting and a thick layer of scaly fruits is collected on the ground below. Simple leaf, smaller than A latifolia. Peduncles are not branched. Spherical head inflorescence. The whole tree burst into thousands of flower heads, quiet a spectacle to watch. Green yellowish flowers give out pleasant smellFlowers don’t have petals.Fruit is a 2-winged, packed into a dense head. Fruits when mature, showers on ground and literally form a brown layer.Each fruit has a single seed
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-Apr-2019 09:02 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:46 AM
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Rough bark with stretchmarks
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Dry deciduous tall tree. Dark bark with white line along the stem. Observed a white colour secondary branch shooting straight up. Tertiary branches are dropping or hanging down (pendulous). Whole tree turns brown during fruiting and a thick layer of scaly fruits is collected on the ground below.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-Apr-2019 09:03 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:45 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Mar-2021 09:23 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Mar-2021 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 06-Apr-2022 17:46 PM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, smaller than A latifolia.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description:
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Photo Description: Peduncles are not branched (they are branched in A latifolia)
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Mar-2021 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Mar-2021 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Mar-2021 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 06-Apr-2022 17:45 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 06-Apr-2022 17:46 PM
Photo Description: Peduncles are not branched (they are branched in A latifolia)
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 06-Apr-2022 17:46 PM
Photo Description: Peduncles are not branched (they are branched in A latifolia)
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 06-Apr-2022 17:47 PM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Peduncles are not branched. Spherical head inflorescence. The whole tree burst into thousands of flower heads, quiet a spectacle to watch.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:49 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:47 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:45 AM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Incomplete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description: Green yellowish flowers give out pleasant smell
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: absent
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 0
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Polyandrous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flowers don’t have petals.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-Apr-2019 09:04 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:43 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Feb-2020 10:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-Apr-2019 09:03 AM
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Fruit type: Achene
Fruit type Description: Fruit is a 2-winged, packed into a dense head. Fruits when mature, showers on ground and literally form a brown layer.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-May-2019 17:06 PM
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type:
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Seed shelf life:
Germination %: Very difficult to germinate, need more experimentation.
Seed Description: Each fruit has a single seed
