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Botanical Name: Senegalia catechu
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: खैर
Etymology - Genus: *
Etymology - Species: Possibly from the Malay name kachu
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Medium tree with deeply fissured, brown bark.Bipinnately compound leaf with 10-20 pinnae. Stipular spines - pair of curved spines. Lenticel observed on Rachis near first pair of pinna and also at last few pair of pinna.Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets. Leaflet clasp during night. Long tail like, white, fragrant, catkin inflorescence.Flat pods.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:30 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:30 AM
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Deeply fissured, brown
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium tree with deeply fissured, brown bark.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 21-Dec-2018 09:45 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:23 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Mar-2019 17:02 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:06 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:24 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:24 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 31-Oct-2018 09:26 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 04-Dec-2018 09:09 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 04-Dec-2018 09:09 AM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Spiny
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf with 10-20 pinnae. Stipular spines - pair of curved spines. Lenticel observed on Rachis near first pair of pinna and also at last few pair of pinna.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Rounded-Base
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets. Leaflet clasp during night.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:06 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:06 AM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Catkin
Bract: Inconspicuous
Inflorescence Description: Long tail like, white, fragrant, catkin inflorescence.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:06 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:06 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:05 AM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 14-Jul-2019 08:05 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Mar-2019 17:02 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Mar-2019 17:04 PM
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Floral Parts - Characters
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Corolla Appendages: na
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Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
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Androecium Number of Stamens: Many
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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