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Botanical Name: Parkia biglandulosa
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: Parkia, चेंडू फुल
Etymology - Genus: Named for Mungo Park, the famous African explorer.
Etymology - Species: Presence of two glands
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune
Description: Evergreen, very tall tree with greyish bright bark.Bipinnately compound leaf with 30 odd pinna. Large leaf, can be mistaken for Delonix regia (गुलमोहर) or Jacaranda. Two prominent glands on petiole (hence the species name).Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets.Small brown colour ball, bearing on a long stem, turn into soft white tennis ball size inflorescence. Flowers fall off to leave behind a hard, round stick head.Pods are flat, in clusters at the tip of long thick stalks.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Rough, with loose scales
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Evergreen, very tall tree with greyish bright bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf with 30 odd pinna. Large leaf, can be mistaken for Delonix regia (गुलमोहर) or Jacaranda. Two prominent glands on petiole (hence the species name).
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Small brown colour ball, bearing on a long stem, turn into soft white tennis ball size inflorescence. Flowers fall off to leave behind a hard, round stick head.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement:
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement:
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals:
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: Many
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels:
Floral Parts Description:
Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Pods are flat, in clusters at the tip of long thick stalks.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
