Family: Combretaceae

Common Name: किंजळ

Etymology - Genus: From the Latin terminus (end), referring to the leaves at the end of the shoots

Etymology - Species: Referring to the flower clusters (panicles)

Ecosystem: Deciduous

Origin: Native

Location: Varandha ghat, Anuskura Ghat

Description: Very tall and branched tree with black rough bark.Simple leaf, arranged sub-opposite and superposed.Base of the leaf has characteristic two or more glands on underside.Flowers are arranged in raceme inflorescence. Inflorescence are in turn arranged in panicle at the end of the branches.Flowers are small creamy, yellow with pleasant smell.Flowers don’t have petals. 10 Stamens are arranged in two rows.Fruit, with 3 distinct wings - one large and two smaller. Fruits turn brown, reddish woody once dried, gives the tree its characteristic appearance.Each fruit has a single seed. Seed is never separated from fruit.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Tree

Stem Cross Section: Circular

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Root-Stem-Bark Description: Very tall and branched tree with black rough bark.

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: Entire

Lamina Apices: Acute

Lamina Texture: Coriaceous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Base of the leaf has characteristic two or more glands on underside.

Fruit type: Drupe

Fruit type Description: Fruit, with 3 distinct wings - one large and two smaller. Fruits turn brown, reddish woody once dried, gives the tree its characteristic appearance.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: Hypogeal

Dispersion Method: Wind

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Seed Description: Each fruit has a single seed. Seed is never separated from fruit.