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Botanical Name: Dalbergia melanoxylon
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: पतंगी
Etymology - Genus: Named for Nils and Carl Gustav Dahlberg, 18th century Swedish botanist and officer, respectively
Etymology - Species: From the Greek melas (black) and xylon (wood)
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill, Pune
Description: Medium size shrub, forms almost an impenitrable thicket with many plants growing together. Whitish, cracked bark with large loose flakes.Unipinnate leaf arranged alternately. Branches are droping. 1-2 inch pointed, hard spines are observed on branches.Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis.The whole bush burst into flowers and is a major attraction for bees and insects. Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.Flowers are whiteFlower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphus stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Flat pods with 1 or 2 seeds
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Shrub
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Whitish, cracked, flakey
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size shrub, forms almost an impenitrable thicket with many plants growing together. Whitish, cracked bark with large loose flakes.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Imparipinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Unipinnate leaf arranged alternately. Branches are droping. 1-2 inch pointed, hard spines are observed on branches.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Rounded
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Retuse
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Uneven no of leaflets ar arranged alternately along the rachis.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Panicle
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: The whole bush burst into flowers and is a major attraction for bees and insects. Flowers are arranged in panicle inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description: Flowers are white
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caduous
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement: Papilionaceous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Diadelphous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Monocarpellary
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphus stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods with 1 or 2 seeds
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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