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Botanical Name: Vachellia nilotica
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Family: Mimosaceae
Common Name: बाभूळ
Etymology - Genus: Named after the Rev, George Harvey Vachell, chaplain to the British East India Company
Etymology - Species: Of or from the valley of the Nile River
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Rajasthan
Description: Tall tree with brown bark, cracks run along the stem.Bipinnately compound leaf. Stipular spines - Pair of white, straight, conical, pointed, hard spines. Presence of soft hairs on Rachis. Lenticel observed on Rachis near at first pair of pinna.Paripinnate, sub-sessile leaflets. Leaflet clasp during night. 3-4 Small lemon yellow heads are observed at the leaf node. Very small scaly bract on Peduncle.Bidded pod - each seed is encapsulated in a segmented case, with pointed curvature at end.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Cracked
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Tall tree with brown bark, cracks run along the stem.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 19-Oct-2018 09:17 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 12-Oct-2018 09:14 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 12-Oct-2018 09:14 AM
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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 white, straight, conical, pointed, hard spines. Presence of soft hairs on Rachis. Lenticel observed on Rachis near at first 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: 2 Photo Date-Time: 12-Oct-2018 09:15 AM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Capitate
Bract: Inconspicuous
Inflorescence Description: 3-4 Small lemon yellow heads are observed at the leaf node. Very small scaly bract on Peduncle.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 6 Photo Date-Time: 29-Sep-2018 11:00 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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Androecium Length of filament: equal
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Androecium Number of Stamens: Many
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 21-Dec-2018 09:50 AM
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Fruit type: Lomentum
Fruit type Description: Bidded pod - each seed is encapsulated in a segmented case, with pointed curvature at end.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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