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Botanical Name: Vachellia leucophloea
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: हिवर
Etymology - Genus: Named after the Rev, George Harvey Vachell, chaplain to the British East India Company
Etymology - Species: Greek: leukos (white), phloios (bark)
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Rajasthan
Description: Medium tree with white, creamy bark.Bipinnately compound leaf. Stipular spines - Pair of brown, straight, conical, pointed, hard spines. Shorter than V. nilotica. Presence of soft hairs on Rachis. Young leaf-olive green, older leaf -rusty green. Pinna 6-10.Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets. Leaflet clasp during night.Small white, yellowish heads are observed at the leaf node or at the end of the branch arranged in Panicle. Very small scaly bract on Peduncle.Flat long pods are observed in groups - distinctive feature. White fur is observed on young pods.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: White, yellowish bark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium tree with white, creamy bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Spiny
Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf. Stipular spines - Pair of brown, straight, conical, pointed, hard spines. Shorter than V. nilotica. Presence of soft hairs on Rachis. Young leaf-olive green, older leaf -rusty green. Pinna 6-10.
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.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract: Inconspicuous
Inflorescence Description: Small white, yellowish heads are observed at the leaf node or at the end of the branch arranged in Panicle. Very small scaly bract on Peduncle.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
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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 long pods are observed in groups - distinctive feature. White fur is observed on young pods.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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