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Botanical Name: Dalbergia sissoo
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: शिसम
Etymology - Genus: Named for Nils and Carl Gustav Dahlberg, 18th century Swedish botanist and officer, respectively
Etymology - Species: *
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Pune
Description: Medium size tree with dark, cracked, rough bark.Unipinnate leaf arranged alternately.Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis. Leaflets are delicate, shining and attractive, a characteristic feature helpful for correct identification even at sapling stage.Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.Flowers are unattractive and very small.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
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Oct-2018 09:23 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 10-Jan-2022 17:19 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 10-Jan-2022 17:19 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 10-Jan-2022 17:19 PM
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Dark, cracked
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size tree with dark, cracked, rough bark.
Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Imparipinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Unipinnate leaf arranged alternately.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis. Leaflets are delicate, shining and attractive, a characteristic feature helpful for correct identification even at sapling stage.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Oct-2018 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 10-Jan-2022 17:17 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Oct-2018 09:22 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 10-Jan-2022 17:18 PM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Panicle
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description: Flowers are unattractive and very small.
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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.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 11-Oct-2018 16:55 PM
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods with 1 or 2 seeds
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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