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Botanical Name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: शंकासूर
Etymology - Genus: Named for Andreas Caesalpini, 16th century Italian botanist and chief physician to Pope Clement VIII.
Etymology - Species: Beautiful
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune
Description: Large size shrub with spines on branches. This species shows several varieties with red, yellow or magenta colour flowers.Bipinnate leaf with pulvinus petiole and interpetiolate spines. Spines on rachis.Paripinnate leaflets, ovate lamina.Bright orange-red colour flowers are arranged in a conical shape.Very attractive flower appear on an extended stack.4 irregular shape petals surrounding a smaller inner petal. 10 stamen extend outward.Flat pods, with pointed tip.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Shrub
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Large size shrub with spines on branches. This species shows several varieties with red, yellow or magenta colour flowers.
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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: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Mucronate
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, ovate lamina.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Bright orange-red colour flowers are arranged in a conical shape.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Imbricate
Flower Description: Very attractive flower appear on an extended stack.
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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 irregular shape petals surrounding a smaller inner petal. 10 stamen extend outward.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods, with pointed tip.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
