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Botanical Name: Bauhinia tomentosa
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: पिवळा कांचन
Etymology - Genus: Named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, 16th century physicians and botanists.
Etymology - Species: Covered with fine, matted hairs.
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune
Description: Small size tree or shrub, good as a garden plant.Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.Bilobed leaf with dense, soft, woolly hairs - tomentose, a characteristic feature. Width of the leaf more than its length.Attractive, bright yellow colour flower.Innermost petal has a distinctive purple colour spot, turns pinkish as the flower age. 10 various length stamen.Flat pods, after the season whole tree is laden with pods.
Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Shrub
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Small size tree or shrub, good as a garden plant.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Bilobed
Lamina Bases: Cordate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Emerginate
Lamina Texture: Tomentose
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Bilobed leaf with dense, soft, woolly hairs - tomentose, a characteristic feature. Width of the leaf more than its length.
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract:
Inflorescence Description:
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description: Attractive, bright yellow colour flower.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Aug-2022 10:06 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Aug-2022 10:06 AM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement:
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: Variable length
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Innermost petal has a distinctive purple colour spot, turns pinkish as the flower age. 10 various length stamen.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods, after the season whole tree is laden with pods.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method:
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Germination %: Very easy to germinate
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