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Botanical Name: Anogeissus latifolia
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 18-Dec-2018 09:14 AM
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Family: Combretaceae
Common Name: धावडा
Etymology - Genus: Upward-tiled, refers to the scale-like fruiting heads
Etymology - Species: Wide leaves
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill
Description: Dry deciduous tree. Has smooth whitish or greyish bark with characteristic white colour patches. Simple leaf, broad with rough texture. Peduncles are branched. Spherical head inflorescence. Green yellowish flowers give out pleasant smellFlowers don’t have petals.Fruit is a 2-winged, packed into a dense headEach fruit has a single seed
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 18-Dec-2018 09:14 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 18-Dec-2018 09:14 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:22 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:30 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:29 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:31 PM
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth with patches
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Dry deciduous tree. Has smooth whitish or greyish bark with characteristic white colour patches.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:22 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:22 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:29 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:27 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:28 PM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, broad with rough texture.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Obtuse
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description:
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:29 PM
Photo Description: Peduncles are branched (they are not branched in A acuminata)
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 12-Aug-2021 17:28 PM
Photo Description: Peduncles are branched (they are not branched in A acuminata)
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Peduncles are branched. Spherical head inflorescence.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:21 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:21 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 03-Nov-2019 17:20 PM
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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: 18-Dec-2018 09:15 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 18-Dec-2018 09:15 AM
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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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Germination %: Very easy to germinate
Seed Description: Each fruit has a single seed
