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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: फणशी
Etymology - Genus: Named for Nils and Carl Gustav Dahlberg, 18th century Swedish botanist and officer, respectively
Etymology - Species: lance-like
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Medium size deciduous tree with whitish, pale bark.Unipinnate leaf arranged alternately.Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis.Small flowers are observed on the tree during fall when there are almost no leaves. Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.Flowers are very small, purple colour.Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphus stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Flat pods with 1 or 2 seeds
Leaflet Description: Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Panicle
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Small flowers are observed on the tree during fall when there are almost no leaves. Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:41 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:41 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:40 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:40 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:40 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:40 AM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description: Flowers are very small, purple colour.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:45 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:45 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:43 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 31-Mar-2019 07:43 AM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caduous
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement: Papilionaceous
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: Diadelphous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Monocarpellary
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphus stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods with 1 or 2 seeds