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Family: Tamaricaceae	Genus: Tamarix	Species: Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.( टैमरिस्क )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Tamarix altaica Nied., Tamarix odessana Steven ex Bunge	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Salt Cedar	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Salt Cedar	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Tamarisk	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit trigonous, splitting open by 3 longitudinal slits.
Habitat	Riversides, river valleys, sandy or clayey salty plains, sand dunes.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Korea, China, Mongolia, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakista, India.	Bark Details	Smooth, reddish brown in colour.
Distribution in Haryana		Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Needle-like
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Shrub up to 5 m tall, with reddish stems. Leaves tiny scale-like, stalkless, ovate or triangular heart-shaped, pointed, somewhat stem-clasping. Flower pale pink to white small, perfect and regular, and arranged in numerous spike-like racemes. Bracts ovate, triangular, acute, long-pointed with toothed margin especially in their lower parts. Fruit a capsule trigonous, splitting open by 3 longitudinal slits.	Leaf Details	Leaves tiny scale-like, stalkless, ovate or triangular heart-shaped, pointed, somewhat stem-clasping.

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