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    The document discusses the botany and floral biology of four plant families: Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, and Caesalpiniaceae. It describes key characteristics of nutmeg trees, cinnamon trees, tamarind trees, and the subfamilies of Leguminosae. Specifically, it provides details on the habit, stems, leaves, inflorescence, flowers, and pollination mechanisms of example species from each family.

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    The document discusses the botany and floral biology of four plant families: Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, and Caesalpiniaceae. It describes key characteristics of nutmeg trees, cinnamon trees, tamarind trees, and the subfamilies of Leguminosae. Specifically, it provides details on the habit, stems, leaves, inflorescence, flowers, and pollination mechanisms of example species from each family.

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    11 Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae and Caesalpiniaceae

    Myristicaceae

    Nutmeg tree – Myristica fragrance (2n=42)

    Botany and floral biology

    Habit

    Spreading evergreen tree, 4-10 m high, sometimes attaining 20m. It is usually


    dioecious, but sometime male and female flowers are found on the same tree.

    Stem

    Numerous spreading branches with the main branches arising low on the trunk.
    A reddish, watery sap is present. The bark is greyish black and slightly fissured.

    Leaves

    Leaves are alternate, glabrous and exstipulate. Lamina, 5-15 cm long and 2-7 cm
    broad; medium to dark green above and shining.

    Inflorescence

    Typically dioecious with male and female flowers on different trees. The male
    and female inflorescence are similar, glabrous, and axillary with the flowers in umbellate
    cyme in which there are 1-10 flowers. The pedicles are pale green.

    Fruit - Drupe

    Anthesis and Pollination

     The flowers are fragrant and they secrete nectar

     They are probably pollinated by small insects

     There is incompatibility mechanism may be operating to ensure cross pollination

    HOR18102 Dr.S.Senthilkumar
    Botany of Lauraceae - Cinnamon (2n=24; x=12)

    Botany and floral biology

    Habit

    C. Veerum is evergreen tree, which reaches a height of 8-17 m in a wild state.


    The bark and leaves are aromatic.

    Stem

    Trunk is stout, 30-60 cm in diameter, with a thick grey bark

    Leaves

    Stiff exstipulate opposite leaves, somewhat variable in size and form; petiolate,
    petiole is 1-2 cm long, grooved on the upper surface; the lamina is ovate or elliptic.
    There are 3 or 5 conspicuous longitudinal veins found at the base of the lamina and
    running almost to the tip.

    Inflorescence

    Flowers are borne on axillary and terminal panicle on the ends of the twic;
    peduncles are creamy white in colour and softly hairy.

    Fruit– Drupe; Cross pollinated crop

    Botany of Leguminoseae

    Sub Family

    i. Mimosoideae or Mimoseae – Mimosa Family

    ii. Caesalpinioideae or Caesalpineae – Cassia Family

    iii. Papilionoideae – Pea Family or Bean Family

    HOR18102 Dr.S.Senthilkumar
    Caesalpineae - Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) - 2n=26 (x=13)

    Botany and floral biology

    Habit

    It is a long lived, magnificent, large, evergreen or semi evergreen tree, upto 30m
    tall. The trunk is light grey to brown, very rough and scaly, the inner barkis 1-2 cm thick,
    wide spreading and drooping at the ends to form a dense crown.

    Leaves

    Leaves are alternate, even, paripinnately compound, 7-15 cm long with a


    pulvinus at the base and 6-20 pairs of opposite leaflets. The leaflets narrowly oblong,
    unequal and entire; petiole is up to 1.5cm long.

    Inflorescence

    The inflorescence racemes are small, 5-10, 13 cm long, terminal and lateral
    drooping and often panicles.

    Flowers

    Bisexual, pedicles are about 5mm long. The bracts are fragrant; nearly as long
    as theflower bud; 2 boat shaped bractioles, reddish in colour, zygomorphic

    Fruit - legume

    Anthesis and Pollination

     Tamarind is crosspollinated crop with honey bees and red ants.

     Fruit set percent 1-2%

     Tamarind is highly self incompatible

    HOR18102 Dr.S.Senthilkumar

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