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Botanical Name: Flacourtia latifolia
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Family: Salicaceae
Common Name: तांबट
Etymology - Genus: Named for Etienne de Flacourt, 17th century director of the French East India Company.
Etymology - Species: Wide leaves.
Ecosystem:
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Medium size tree with greyish flaky bark. Long and sharp thorns are observed on main stem. Need to compare this with Flacourtia indica.Simple leafElliptic leaf lamina, serrate margin.Female flowers appear in a group while male flowers appear single of the branches.Flowers are dioecious - male and female flowers appear on different trees. Both type of flowers are very small and unattractive, greenish, yellow in colour.Since male and female flowers appear on different trees, both trees should be in same area for female tree to bare fruits. Peanut size fruit appear on female tree, green turns purple on maturity. Fruit is a capsule bearing single seed.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Greyish, flaky, rough
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size tree with greyish flaky bark. Long and sharp thorns are observed on main stem. Need to compare this with Flacourtia indica.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Acute
Lamina Margins: Serrate
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Elliptic leaf lamina, serrate margin.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Female flowers appear in a group while male flowers appear single of the branches.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Dioecious
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description: Flowers are dioecious - male and female flowers appear on different trees. Both type of flowers are very small and unattractive, greenish, yellow in colour.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement:
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Corolla Arrangement: absent
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: none
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamen
Androecium Number of Stamens: many
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Fruit type: Capsule
Fruit type Description: Since male and female flowers appear on different trees, both trees should be in same area for female tree to bare fruits. Peanut size fruit appear on female tree, green turns purple on maturity. Fruit is a capsule bearing single seed.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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