Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Tamaricaceae | Genus: Tamarix | Species: Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth( झाऊ ) |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | Red - Pink | |
| Common Name | Jhau | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Saltcedar tree, Tamarix tree | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jhau | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Capsules 3.5 - 5 mm long with persistent sepals and staminodes and subpersistent petals. Seeds ca 0.5 mm long; coma 2.75 - 3 mm long. |
| Habitat | Gregarious along the banks of rivers and streams. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. | Bark Details | reddish bark, entirely glabrous and smooth. |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Bhiwani, Faridabad, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub or under-sized tree with reddish bark, entirely glabrous, leaves vaginate, abruptly acuminate, 1.5-3 mm long, with a broad whitish margin. Plants dioecious. Recemes aestival, simple or loosely compound male racemes, 3-8 cm long, 7-8 mm broad, compact, female raceme as long as the male raceme or somewhat longer, 3-5 mm broad. Flowers purple or purplish pink, subsessile. Bracts semiamplexicaul, triangular, acuminate, 2.5-3 mm long, 1 mm broad. Sepals 5, ovate to broadly ovate or somewhat orbicular, c. 2 mm long, c. 1.5 mm broad, almost entire, obtuse. Petals 5, free, obovate, 2.5 mm long, 1-1.25 mm broad, entire, obtuse. Stamens 5, filaments filiform, 1.75-2 mm long, inserted in between the notches of the disc (mesodiscine disc), notches almost entire to slightly emarginate, anthers obtuse, ± sagittate; stamens abortive in the female flowers. Styles 3 as long as the ovary or slightly shorter, exserted, ovary triquetrous 1-1.5 mm long, abortive or absent in male flowers. | Leaf Details | Leaves 0.7 - 3 mm long, vaginate, free part broadly triangular-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, keeled, acuminate at apex |
