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Family: Tamaricaceae	Genus: Tamarix	Species: Tamarix aphylla (Linn.) H.Karst. ( लाल झार )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Tetraclinis aphylla (Linn.) Rothm., Tamarix articulataVahl	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Lal Jhar	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Athel Pine, Athel tamarisk	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Farash, Lal Jhar	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1200 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a small capsule, many, narrow, pointed, splitting into 3 parts; seeds many, brown, each with tuft of whitish hairs.
Habitat	Popular habitats include sand dunes, canals, riverbanks, wadi beds, salty deserts, salt marshes and coastal plains. The tree is drought, heat, salt and frost tolerant.	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Native to Asia and Africa.	Bark Details	Bark light grey-brown or reddish-brown, rough, becoming thick and deeply furrowed into long narrow hard ridges.
Distribution in Haryana	Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, M. Garh, Mewat, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Needle-like
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Tree up to 18 m high with erect tapering trunk. Bark light grey-brown or reddish-brown, rough, becoming thick and deeply furrowed into long narrow hard ridges. Leaves bluish-green, alternate, reduced to tiny scales ensheathing wiry twigs and ending in points, hairless, often with epidermal salt glands each forming a joint along the twig. Flowers many, nearly stalkless, tiny, whitish-pink, in racemes at end of twigs, drooping. Fruit a small capsule, many, narrow, pointed, splitting into 3 parts; seeds many, brown, each with tuft of whitish hairs.	Leaf Details	Leaves bluish-green, alternate, reduced to tiny scales ensheathing wiry twigs and ending in points, hairless, often with epidermal salt glands each forming a joint along the twig

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