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Family: Cleomaceae	Genus: Cleome	Species: Cleome viscosa Linn.( हुलहुल )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Arivela viscosa (Linn.) Raf. Cleome icosandra Linn., Polanisia icosandra (Linn.) Wight & Arn.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Bagra, Hulhul	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	wild mustard, Sticky cleome, Dog mustard, Asian Spider Flower.	Flowering Period	Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Hulhul	Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit capsule, linear-oblong, erect, obliquely striated, tapering at both ends, glandular-pubescent, slender; seeds many, glabrous with longitudinal striations and transverse ridges, dark brown.
Habitat	Grows naturally in rainfed agricultural land and abandoned crop fields.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Australia, Africa, Asia and the Americas either naturally or as an introduction.	Bark Details	Smooth but covered with glandular and glandular hairs, green in colour.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Shrub up to 70-100 cm, more or less hairy with glandular and eglandular hairs. Leaves digitately compound, with 3-5 leaflets. Leaflets obovate, elliptic-oblong, very variable in size. Flower racemes elongated, yellow in colour; calyx oblong-lanceolate, glandular-pubescent; corolla oblong-obovate. Fruit capsule, linear-oblong, erect, obliquely striated, tapering at both ends, glandular-pubescent, slender; seeds many, glabrous with longitudinal striations and transverse ridges, dark brown.	Leaf Details	Leaves digitately compound, with 3-5 leaflets. Leaflets obovate, elliptic-oblong, very variable in size.

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