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Botanical Name: Putranjiva roxburghii
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Family: Putranjivaceae
Common Name: पुत्रंजीवी
Etymology - Genus: *
Etymology - Species: Named for William Roxburgh, 18th century Scottish botanist, who specialized in the flora of India.
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Location: Pune
Description: Medium size, evergreen tree with grey, rough and hard looking bark. Branches are drooping giving the tree its characteristic profile.Bright shining simple leaf, arranged alternate and superposed, in a same plane.Bright, shiny leaf with serrated, wavy margin.One to three female flower appear in leaf axil while male flowers appear in cluster.Flowers are dioecious - male and female flowers appear on different trees. Flowers are small and unattractive.Since male and female flowers appear on different trees, both trees should be in same area for female tree to bare fruits. Fruit is ellipsoid, pointed and very hard. It takes whole year for the fruit to mature.Single white seed in every fruit.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Grey, rough
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size, evergreen tree with grey, rough and hard looking bark. Branches are drooping giving the tree its characteristic profile.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Bright shining simple leaf, arranged alternate and superposed, in a same plane.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Oblong
Lamina Bases: Cuneate
Lamina Margins: Serrate
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Bright, shiny leaf with serrated, wavy margin.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence:
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: One to three female flower appear in leaf axil while male flowers appear in cluster.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Dioecious
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
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Flower Description: Flowers are dioecious - male and female flowers appear on different trees. Flowers are small and unattractive.
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Fruit type: Drupe
Fruit type Description: Since male and female flowers appear on different trees, both trees should be in same area for female tree to bare fruits. Fruit is ellipsoid, pointed and very hard. It takes whole year for the fruit to mature.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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Seed Description: Single white seed in every fruit.
