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Botanical Name: Cajanus scarabaeoides
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the Pigeon Pea
Etymology - Species: *
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Seasonal plant, twiner about 2-3 meter long. Young branches are rough, so as to attach itself to any available support.Trifoliate leaf with grooved petiole.Leaf lamina is bit irregular but has a distinct appearance.Yellow colour flower appear singly.Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Short, broad, hairy pod.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:53 PM
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Root type: Adventitious
Stem Appearance: Twiner
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Seasonal plant, twiner about 2-3 meter long. Young branches are rough, so as to attach itself to any available support.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:51 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:51 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:51 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:54 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:53 PM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules:
Leaf Type: Trifoliolate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Trifoliate leaf with grooved petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Cuneate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Leaf lamina is bit irregular but has a distinct appearance.
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Yellow colour flower appear singly.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 23-Sep-2021 16:53 PM
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
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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). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Short, broad, hairy pod.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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