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Botanical Name: Terminalia elliptica
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Family: Combretaceae
Common Name: आईन
Etymology - Genus: From the Latin terminus (end), referring to the leaves at the end of the shoots
Etymology - Species: Elliptical, about twice as long as wide
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune, Vetal Hill, Empress Garden
Description: Very tall tree with characteristic 'Crocodile' bark - rough and cracked with fissures.Simple leaf, arranged sub-opposite and superposed.Base of the leaf has characteristic two or more glands on underside.Almost sessile flowers are tightly arranged on a peduncle in circular layers.Flowers are small creamy, yellow with pleasant smell.Flowers don’t have petals. 10 Stamens are arranged in two rows.Fruits has 5 distinct wings, brown woody once dried. Lines of the wing are straight. Takes almost whole year for the seed to mature.Each fruit has a single seed. Seed is never separated from fruit. Shape of cotyledon is different from actual leaves.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Deeply fissured, dark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Very tall tree with characteristic 'Crocodile' bark - rough and cracked with fissures.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, arranged sub-opposite and superposed.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Rounded
Lamina Margins: Wavy/Undulate
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Base of the leaf has characteristic two or more glands on underside.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Almost sessile flowers are tightly arranged on a peduncle in circular layers.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Incomplete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description: Flowers are small creamy, yellow with pleasant smell.
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: absent
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 0
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Polyandrous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flowers don’t have petals. 10 Stamens are arranged in two rows.
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Fruit type: Drupe
Fruit type Description: Fruits has 5 distinct wings, brown woody once dried. Lines of the wing are straight. Takes almost whole year for the seed to mature.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method:
Preprocessing for germination: Soak the fruit is cow dung or water and cover in gunny bag for couple of days
Germination time: 10-12 days
Seed shelf life: 1 Year
Germination %:
Seed Description: Each fruit has a single seed. Seed is never separated from fruit. Shape of cotyledon is different from actual leaves.
