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Botanical Name: Heterophragma quadriloculare
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Family: Bignoniaceae
Common Name: वारस
Etymology - Genus: From the Greek heteros (different, dissimilar) and phragma (hedge, fence, screen)
Etymology - Species: Having four compartments, referring to four compartments in pod.
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Large size deciduous tree. Bark is black, grey and cracks into small pieces.Large size, compound leaf with odd number of leaflets.Leaf base is uneven or oblique. Leaf texture is roughFlowers appear in a hairy, panicle inflorescence.White flowers with pleasant smell. Flowers cup has a lot of nectar.Didynamous stamen and two carpels, typical family character.Capsule shape oblong pod tapers towards the end.Pod has many seeds with white transparent feathers.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 11-Jan-2019 08:58 AM
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Black, grey rough
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Large size deciduous tree. Bark is black, grey and cracks into small pieces.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Imparipinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Large size, compound leaf with odd number of leaflets.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Serrate
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Scabrose
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Leaf base is uneven or oblique. Leaf texture is rough
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Panicle
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Flowers appear in a hairy, panicle inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Imbricate
Flower Description: White flowers with pleasant smell. Flowers cup has a lot of nectar.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 11-Feb-2019 09:40 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 11-Feb-2019 09:39 AM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Campanulate
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: Didynamous
Androecium Union of Stamens: Epipetalous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 4
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Syncarpous
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 2
Floral Parts Description: Didynamous stamen and two carpels, typical family character.
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Fruit type: Capsule
Fruit type Description: Capsule shape oblong pod tapers towards the end.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
Preprocessing for germination: No pre-processing required
Germination time: about a week
Seed shelf life:
Germination %:
Seed Description: Pod has many seeds with white transparent feathers.
