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Botanical Name: Millettia peguensis
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Named for JA Millett, 18th century French botanist who collected the first specimen
Etymology - Species: *
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune, Kanpur
Description: Medium size tree with whitish, rough barkUnipinnate leaf arranged alternately.Uneven no of leaflets are arranged opposite along the rachis.Flowers are observed on the tree during fall when there are almost no leaves. Flowers are arranged in raceme inflorescence.Flowers are very attractive, purple colour.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 long pod with 3-4 seeds.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Whitish, rough
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size tree with whitish, rough bark
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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 are arranged opposite along the rachis.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Flowers are observed on the tree during fall when there are almost no leaves. Flowers are arranged in raceme 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 very attractive, purple colour.
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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). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat long pod with 3-4 seeds.
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.
