PLANT
MORPHOLOGY
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Plant form |
Tree. |
Mature plant growth habit |
Intermediate (to be recorded in fully
mature plants). |
Branching habit |
Intermediate (Recorded simultaneously
with plant height). |
Thorniness |
Absent (Recorded the comparative thorn
density on mature Plant). |
Branching of thorn |
- |
Immature steam colour |
Light brown (Recorded on immature stem,
5cm before the stem tip – Rusty Brown). |
Mature steam colour |
Lots of richer masses present (Recorded
on main stem, 25 cm above the soil). |
Silver scale on steam |
Present (Recorded on new shoot growth). |
Stellate
hairiness on |
0 |
Stem bark |
Not
remove (NR). |
Young branches |
- |
Stem shape |
Rounded (Recorded from the main branch,
15cm above the soil). |
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LEAF CHARACTERS
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No. of leaves attached at single point |
9 (To be recorded at immature fruit
stage). |
Upper Leaf Surface (Adaxial Side) |
Leathery (Recorded at immature fruit
stage). |
Lower
Leaf Surface (Adaxial Side) |
Non-Shiny. |
Colour of abaxial side |
Green. |
Colour of leaf midrib on the abaxial
side |
Greenish yellow . |
Phyllotaxy (arrangement of leaves) |
Whorled (Recorded on the 10cm of
branch). |
Adaxial leaf surface colour |
Dark green (Present of Rusty Brown in
all the area of leaf). |
Leaf tip Shape |
Acute. |
Leaf margins |
Smooth. |
Leaf senescence nature |
Non deciduous even after winter. |
Stellate hair beneath the leaves |
Present. |
Leaf attachment to stem |
- |
Sliver scales on the leaves |
Absent, On dorsal side, On ventral side,
On both side. |
Leaf venation |
Reticulate. |
FLOWER CHARACTERS
(Qualitative
Characters) |
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Flower Colour |
Yellow (To be recorded at full ripe
stage). |
Flower maturing month |
April, May, June, and July (recorded at
max. Fruit of plant matures). |
Flower arrangement on
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Row. |
Shape of the flower tip |
Round (To be recorded at full fruit
maturity) |
Density of flower bearing |
Sparse (Recorded at full ripe stage) |
Flower stylar end |
Persistent style (To be recorded at full
ripe stage). |
Flower length (mm) |
3.9 mm (Recorded mean length of fully
mature fruits randomly harvested from a
single plant. To be recorded on a min.
Of 10 randomly selected samples)
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Flower width (mm) |
2.525 mm (Record on the same fruits
used for measuring the fruits length.
Width is recorded at the widest portion
of the fruit.) |
Flower weight (g) |
0.564 g (Record the mean weight of 100
randomly collected fruits). |
Flower peduncle length (mm) |
1.72 mm (To be recorded as mean peduncle
length of 10 randomly). |
Secondary branches |
- |
Flower Inflorescence |
- |
STEM
CHARACTER
(Qualitative
Characters) |
|
Stamen Colour |
White Cream (To be recorded on fresh
flower extracted from fully mature
flower). |
Stamen Number |
10. |
Nature of
stamen width Increase
as go base of stamen |
No |
Length of Stamen |
- |
Stamen pubescent hair |
Sparse. |
Length of filament |
2.325 mm (To be recorded as mean stamen
length 10 randomly). |
Length of anther |
0.3 mm |
Colour of anther |
Brown. |
Carpel Length |
3.83 cm (Recorded as mean stamen length
10 randomly) |
Stigma Length |
0.2 |
Ovary Partitation Celled |
6. |
Ovary Colour |
Green. |
Ovary Pubescent hair |
Present, Densely present. |
Ovary Shape |
- |
Sepals No. |
5. |
Sepals tip |
Round |
Sepals Colour |
Light Green. |
Sepals pubescent hair |
Sparse. |
Sepals Texture |
Smooth. |
Sepal Length |
- |
Sepals Breadth |
- |
Bract Colour |
Light green, White. |
Outer Scale of flower (cm) |
(Sticky in nature, dark brown in
colour).
Length= 1.375
Breadth= 1.025 |
Bract Breadth |
1.36 ( Recorded as mean carpel Length
of 10 randomly) |
Pollen Colour |
White. |
Capsule |
Oblong. |
Ovary Length |
0.63 cm(To be recorded as mean carpel
Length of 10 randomly). |
Bract Length |
3.26 cm ( No. Of flowers on single stale
5-8 nos) |