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Botanical Name: Gliricidia sepium
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: ऊंदीरमारी
Etymology - Genus: From the Latin glis (dormouse) and caedo (kill); referring to the use of the seeds and bark to poison rodents
Etymology - Species: Of hedges and fences
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Foreign
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Pune
Description: Medium size vigorously growing, invasive tree.Compound Imparipinnate leaf.Ovate leaflets, glabrous.Pinkish white flowers are born in a raceme.Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Flat pods occur in a group.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size vigorously growing, invasive tree.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Imparipinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Compound Imparipinnate leaf.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Ovate leaflets, glabrous.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 17-Dec-2021 17:53 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 17-Dec-2021 17:53 PM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Pinkish white flowers are born in a raceme.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 17-Dec-2021 17:54 PM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance:
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). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods occur in a group.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
