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Published In: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 416. 1825. (Prodr.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit : Fl. Per.: March-May.
Type : Type: Roxb. l.c. ined. 970 (K).
Distribution : Distribution: Pakistan; India; Sikkim; Afghanistan; Persia; Iraq.
Comment/Acknowledgements : Very widely planted in the plains along the roadsides, canals and fields and in the forest plantations. The wood which is hard, heavy and durable, is very important. It is commonly used for furniture, carts, boats, wheels etc.
Map Location : C-6 Along roadside, 2 miles from D.I. Khan on way to Bannu, clay loam, M. Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 1613 (KUH); C-7 Rawalpindi, 11.4.1871, J.E.T. Aitchison 395 (K); Rawalpindi, planted about the barracks and also seen wild, April 1918, T.A. Sprague 69 (K); Campbellpur Dist.: Hassan Abdal, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 334 (RAW); D-4 Harnai, 3000 ft., J.H. Lace 3497 (K); D-5 Loralai-Harnai, J. Lamond 1259 (RAW; E); 25 miles from Kot Addu on way to Muzaffargarh, sandy clay, Sultanul Abedin & S. Abrar Husain 9720 (KUH); D-7 Sahiwal Dist.: 8 miles from Chichavatani on way to Hurappa, sandy clay, Sultanul Abedin 7512 (KUH); E-4 Nag, N. of Kharan Kalat and S. of Raskoh range, 5500 ft., abundant in bed of stream, possibly introduced, 12.4.1953, H. Crookshank 31 (K); Padag Naushki Dalbandin Rd , M.Qaiser & A Ghafoor 4422 (KUH); E-6 Along roadside, c. 2 miles from Alipur on way to Sukkur, sandy clay, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 9739 (KUH); F-3 Awaran: cultivated in Rest House, sandy clay S.I. Ali, S.A. Faruqi & Sultanul Abedin 2127; 2126 (KUH); Awaran Rest House, sandy clay loam, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 25 (KUH); G-4 Karachi University Campus, Amtul Waheed s. n. 4.4.1963 (KUH); Karachi University Campus, M. Faheemuddin s.n. 15.3.1963 (KUH); Karachi University Campus, Asif Mohammad Khan s.n. 20.10.1964 (KUH); G-5 Between Matiari and Tando Adam, A. Ghafoor 425 (KUH); G.M. Barage, 6 miles from Hyderabad, M. Qaiser, Asad Raza & Abrar Husain 601 (KUH).

 

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Tree with rough bark and mainly longitudinal furrows, young branch pubescent. Leaf imparipinnate, rachis c. 3.7-7.5 cm long; leaflets 3-5, c. 3.5-6.5 cm long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, glabrescent, petiolule c. 5-8 mm long; stipules c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary panicle, composed of several short spikes with sessile to subsessile flowers. Bract small, pubescent, caducous. Calyx c. 5 mm long, teeth ciliate, unequal, shorter than the tube. Corolla yellowish white. Stamens 9, monadelphous, tube slit on the upper side only, anthers uniform. Ovary pubescent, 2-4-ovulate, style glabrous, stigma capitate. Fruit c. 3.7-10 cm long, c. 7.0-13 mm broad, strap-shaped, glabrous, 1-4-seeded. Seed flattened.
 
 
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