Description ²

A large polygamous deciduous lofty tree. Bark smooth, ash coloured. Leaves 30-90 cm long, abruptly pinnate, leaflets irregularly glandular-toothed, 8-14 pairs, alternate or subopposite, variable in shape, unequal at base, glabrous, petiolules 2-3 cm long. Inflorescence a large lax panicle; bract minute, covered with soft hairs. Flowers small, many, slightly tinged with yellow. Bisexual flower: calyx 5 lobed. Corolla: petals 5 glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, much larger than the calyx lobes. Stamens 10, inserted below the disc, filaments glabrous; shorter than the petals. Stigma short. Male flower similar to bisexual flower but without rudimentary ovary. Fruit samara, 3-4.5 cm long and c. 1 cm broad, lanceolate, twisted at the top, red coloured, acute, seed one in the centre of samara.

Morphology ³

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Flower

In axillary or terminal panicles; greenish-yellow. Flowering from January-March.

Fruit

An oblong samara, prominently nerved, membranous, seed 1. Fruiting March onwards.

Field tips

Bark rough, branchlets with permanent leaf scars.

Leaf Arrangement

Subopposite

Leaf Type

Imparipinnate

Leaf Shape

Oblong-lanceolate

Leaf Apex

Acuminate

Leaf Base

Oblique

Leaf Margin

Irregularly toothed-sublobate"

Sources and Credits

1. (c) taijioto, all rights reserved, uploaded by taijioto
2. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4961943
3. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26330227

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