| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Leguminosae |
| Common Name | Mountain ebony |
| Origin | N.W.India |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Pod. Seed weight: 1,700 to 3,530 seeds/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937; Kumar and Bhanja, 1992, Kindt et.al., 1997; Chacko et al., 2002); 1,560-2,820 seeds/kg. Vernacular name: Chuvanna Mandaram (Malayalam), Chemmandarei, Segapu-manchori (Tamil), Padrian, Barial guiral (Hindi) (Chacko et al., 2002). Flowering season: February to April (Sahni, 2000; Troup, 1921). Fruiting season: May to June (Sahni, 2000). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: 50 to 95 (FRI, 1983 from Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: By seeds. |
| Botanical Features | A medium sized tree with dark brown nearly smooth bark; young shoots pubescent. Leaves petiolate, petiole 2-3.8 cm long; lamina c. 4.5-15 cm long, as broad as or rather broader than long, with a medium cleft reaching from 1 /4 to 1/3 the way down, lobes obtuse, the base is deeply heart shaped, 9-15 nerved, pubescent beneath when young, pods 15.0-30 cm long, c. 1-2.5 cm broad, hard, flat, dehiscent 10-15 seeded; stipe glabrous. |
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