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Botanical Name: Caesalpinia decapetala
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: चिलार
Etymology - Genus: Named for Andreas Caesalpini, 16th century Italian botanist and chief physician to Pope Clement VIII.
Etymology - Species: Having ten petals
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill
Description: Spiny, spreading straggler or shrub.Bipinnate leaf with pulvinus petiole and interpetiolate spines. Spines on rachis.Paripinnate leaflets, oblong lamina.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme at the end of the branch. Young inflorescence shows a foliaceous bract.Small size yellow flower.10 petals in arranged in two layers. Innermost petal is small compared to others and coloured.Flat pods, with pointed tip.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Straggler
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth, angled, spiny bark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Spiny, spreading straggler or shrub.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnate leaf with pulvinus petiole and interpetiolate spines. Spines on rachis.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Rounded
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, oblong lamina.
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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 shows a foliaceous bract.
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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: 10 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 10
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
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Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: 10 petals in arranged in two layers. Innermost petal is small compared to others and coloured.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods, with pointed tip.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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