Family: Mimosaceae

Common Name: दिल्ली बाभूळ

Etymology - Genus: Ancient Greek name for burdock - a plant native to Japan, was thought to resemble a face.

Etymology - Species: Having flowers like Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa) - to verify

Ecosystem: Deciduous

Origin: Foreign

Location: India

Description: Medium tree with black, brown bark. Vertical flakes stretch along the bark. Invasive species - tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully at the expense of native species.Bipinnately compound leaf with 2-3 pinnae and two straight stipular spines. Multiple leaves attached at the node.Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets.Long tail like, yellow, catkin inflorescence with pleasant smell.Flat long pointed pods occur in a pack. Pods turn yellow when mature.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Tree

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Rough, flakes stretch along the bark.

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium tree with black, brown bark. Vertical flakes stretch along the bark. Invasive species - tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully at the expense of native species.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate

Stipules: Spiny

Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf with 2-3 pinnae and two straight stipular spines. Multiple leaves attached at the node.

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.

Fruit type: Legume

Fruit type Description: Flat long pointed pods occur in a pack. Pods turn yellow when mature.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: -

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Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.