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

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.

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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Fruit type: Achene

Fruit type Description: Fruit is a 2-winged, packed into a dense head

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

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