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Botanical Name: Caesalpinia bonduc
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: सागरगोटा
Etymology - Genus: Named for Andreas Caesalpini, 16th century Italian botanist and chief physician to Pope Clement VIII.
Etymology - Species: The Arabic word for a hazelnut or filbert
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Location: Pune
Description: Spiny, spreading liana that grown vigorously along the supports. Very sharp and hard spines are observed on all parts of the plant. Recurved spines are observed in pairs, side by side.1-2 feet long bipinnate leaf. Pulvinus petiole and foliaceous stipule, a bunch of irregular leaves are observed at the node. Rachis is angled and spiny.Paripinnate leaflets, ovate lamina. Stipel - secondary stipule at the base of a leaflet - is also spiny.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme at the end of the branch. Young inflorescence look like a green flower. This apparent green petal is actually a bract and as peduncle grows, small yellow flower appear in each bract. Whole liana burst into many spikes of inflorescence.Small size yellow flower.4 oblong yellow petals surrounding a colourful inner petal.Shell shape pod is covered with sharp spines. Green pods turn dark when mature, appear in bunches.1-2 seeds per pod, globular, hard, grey.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Liana
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth, angled, spiny bark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Spiny, spreading liana that grown vigorously along the supports. Very sharp and hard spines are observed on all parts of the plant. Recurved spines are observed in pairs, side by side.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Foliaceous
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: 1-2 feet long bipinnate leaf. Pulvinus petiole and foliaceous stipule, a bunch of irregular leaves are observed at the node. Rachis is angled and spiny.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, ovate lamina. Stipel - secondary stipule at the base of a leaflet - is also spiny.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Foliaceous
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme at the end of the branch. Young inflorescence look like a green flower. This apparent green petal is actually a bract and as peduncle grows, small yellow flower appear in each bract. Whole liana burst into many spikes of inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Imbricate
Flower Description: Small size yellow flower.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: 5 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamens
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: 4 oblong yellow petals surrounding a colourful inner petal.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Shell shape pod is covered with sharp spines. Green pods turn dark when mature, appear in bunches.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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Dispersion Method:
Preprocessing for germination: Soak the seed in water till the cover opens up.
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Seed Description: 1-2 seeds per pod, globular, hard, grey.
