Scientific Name : Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A much-branched thorny shrub with bark light-coloured, furrowed; branchlets ending in spines. Leaves : Bipinnate, main rachis more or less softly pubescent, with a small erect gland between each pair of pinnae, stipulate, ligules subulate from a triangular base, leaflets minute, sessile, 12-20 pairs, close, linear, oblique, subacute. Inflorescence : Axillary or extra-axillary spikes, with the upper half of the spike yellow and the lower red. Flowers : Numerous with membranous calyx, long corolla. Stamens of the perfect flowers in the upper half of the spike yellow. Staminodes in the lower half of the spike much longer than the stamens, red. Fruits : Pods 2-3, glabrous, flat, subarticulated, dark brown, twisted up when ripe. Seeds 6-10. Flowering and Fruiting Time : July-December Significance : It is a beautiful flowered plant often planted along edges due to thorny nature.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
दुरंगी बाभूळ, सिगम काटी, Sickle Bush
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Synonym(s):
Acacia cinerea (L.) Spreng. Cailliea cinerea (L.) J.F.Macbr. Desmanthus cinereus (L.) Willd. Mimosa cinerea L. Neptunia cinerea (L.) F.Muell.
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Family:
Mimosaceae
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