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Botanical Name: Wrightia tinctoria
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Family: Apocynaceae
Common Name: काळा कुडा
Etymology - Genus: Named for William Wright, 19th century Scottish physician and botanist
Etymology - Species: Indicates a plant used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune
Description: Medium size tree with whitish smooth bark.Leaf arranged opposite to each other and superposed.Flowers are white with pleasant odour.The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, long tubular.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size tree with whitish smooth bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Opposite-Superposed
Leaf Description: Leaf arranged opposite to each other and superposed.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Round
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description:
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Polychasium
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description:
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description: Flowers are white with pleasant odour.
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic polysepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement:
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 2
Floral Parts Description:
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Fruit type: Follicle
Fruit type Description: The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, long tubular.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
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