Observe ⇒ Differentiate ⇒ Identify ⇒ NURTURE
Botanical Name: Anogeissus sericea var. nummularia
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Family: Combretaceae
Common Name: रेशीम धावडा
Etymology - Genus: Upward-tiled, refers to the scale-like fruiting heads
Etymology - Species: Silky
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Jaswant Thoda, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Description: Dry deciduous tree with ash colour bark. This is a RED listed species. Only plant I could spot during my travel, this one was a planted one and not wild.Simple leaf, the size of the thumb, tomentose. Peduncles are not branched. Spherical head inflorescence. The whole tree burst into 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
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
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Root-Stem-Bark Description: Dry deciduous tree with ash colour bark. This is a RED listed species. Only plant I could spot during my travel, this one was a planted one and not wild.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:48 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:49 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:49 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:48 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:50 AM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, the size of the thumb, tomentose.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 24-Oct-2022 08:30 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:50 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:50 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:50 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 24-Oct-2022 12:59 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 flower heads, quiet a spectacle to watch.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2022 11:50 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 24-Oct-2022 13:00 PM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Incomplete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
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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
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Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flowers don’t have petals.
Fruit type: Achene
Fruit type Description: Fruit is a 2-winged, packed into a dense head
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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