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Family: Bombacaceae	Genus: Adansonia	Species: Adansonia digitata Linn.( गोरख इमली )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Adansonia bahobab Linn., Adansonia integrifolia Raf., Adansonia somalensis Chiov., Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Rukhdo, Kalpavriksha, Gorakhamli	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Baobab, Monkey-Bread Tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Gorakh imli	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to1500 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit up to c.25 × 12 cm, ovoid to oblong-cylindric, variable and sometimes irregular in shape, velvety-brown-tomentose
Habitat	Commonly found in the thorn woodlands of the African savannahs	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Tropical and sub-tropical Africa, parts of the middle east and India	Bark Details	Bark having trunk of very large dimensions at the base gradually becoming narrower at the apex
Distribution in Haryana	Gurgaon	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Massive tree, not usually more than 20 m. Leaves simple and sessile or Tri-foliolate and petiolate entire or shallowly dentate. Leaves on mature trees 5-7-foliolate, palmate with petiole up to 12 cm. Leaflet lamina 5-15 × 3-7 cm, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic. Flowers usually pendent,white. Fruit up to c.25 × 12 cm, ovoid to oblong-cylindric, variable and sometimes irregular in shape, velvety-brown-tomentose. Seeds c.1.3 × 0.9 cm, many, reniform	Leaf Details	Compound, digitate, deciduous, leaflets 3 - 7, entire, sessile or subsessile, obovate - oblong or elliptic - oblong, densely silky brown - hairy at length glabrous above, arising from a single point on the long stalk

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