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Family: Simaroubaceae	Genus: Ailanthus	Species: Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.( महानीम )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Ailanthus wightii Tiegh., Pongelion excelsum (Roxb.) Pierre	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Mahanimb	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Indian Tree of Heaven, Coramandel ailanto,	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 1000 m.	Fruit Type	Samara
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Samaras often solitary, linear-oblong to lanceolate, strongly nerves, once or twice twisted at base.
Habitat	Found in deciduous forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Widely distributed in India, both as wild and cultivated. Sri Lanka, Pakistan.	Bark Details	Bark light grey and smooth,
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Large tree; bark light-coloured; branchlets hoary tomentose, with large leaf-scars. Leaves large, pinnate; rachis hoary tomentose; leaflets 10-13 pairs, variable in shape, often ovate, very coarsely toothed, acute or acuminate, densely pubescent beneath and pubescent above when young. Flowers yellowish in large panicles. Ovary hairy. Samaras often solitary, linear-oblong to lanceolate, , strongly nerves, once or twice twisted at base.	Leaf Details	Leaves large, pinnate, rachis hoary tomentose; leaflets 10-13 pairs, variable in shape, often ovate, very coarsely toothed, acute or acuminate, densely pubescent beneath and pubescent above when young, with two hairy glands near the base, and sometimes in place of the lowest leaflets also.

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