| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Local Name | Mangium |
| Common Name | Mangium |
| Habit | Tree |
| Origin | Australia |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Pod. Seed weight: 1,03,000 seeds/kg (Chacko and Pillai, 1995). Vernacular name: Mangium (Malayalam); Mangium, Mangium wattle, mange, forest mangrove (Duke, 1983;
PIER, 2003; Chacko et al., 2002). Flowering season: October to January (Bose et al.,1998). Fruiting season: January to April (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: 53 (Chacko and Pillai, 1995). Method of propagation: Direct sowing or entire planting. |
| Botanical Features | Trees, leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; rachis 4-12 cm long, gland at the base of the rachis on the upper side, pinnae 8-21 pairs, subopposite, leaflets 36-90, margin entire, flowers bisexual, white or creamy, fruit a pod, seeds- tomentose, blackish-brown |
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