Family: Fabaceae

Common Name: पळस, Flame of forest

Etymology - Genus: Named for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute; 18th century politician, gardener, and director of Kew Gardens

Etymology - Species: Single-seeded

Ecosystem: Deciduous

Origin: Native

Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Pune

Description: Medium size deciduous tree with rough bark.Trifoliate leaf with a horn like stipule.Terminal leaflet - rhombic, two lateral leaflets asymmetric, with oblique base. New leaves are pubescent, mature into leathery textureFlowers are born in a clusters.Whole tree burst into bright orange, boat shape flowers.Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Flat velvety pod with only one seed.Seeds is brown, kidney shaped. Initiate growth of sapling is very slow.

Root type: Taproot

Stem Appearance: Tree

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Brown, rough

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size deciduous tree with rough bark.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate-Pulvinus

Stipules: Stipulate

Leaf Type: Trifoliolate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Trifoliate leaf with a horn like stipule.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Rhombic

Lamina Bases: Cuneate

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Rounded

Lamina Texture: Coriaceous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Terminal leaflet - rhombic, two lateral leaflets asymmetric, with oblique base. New leaves are pubescent, mature into leathery texture

Fruit type: Legume

Fruit type Description: Flat velvety pod with only one seed.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: Epigeal

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Seed Description: Seeds is brown, kidney shaped. Initiate growth of sapling is very slow.