About 150 species Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the Subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Central, South, and southern North America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics. These are usually small trees or shrubs with a short lifespan. The leaves are pinnately or bipinnately compound. Their small flowers are in bundles, with showy stamens much longer than ...

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The Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) is a species of legume in the genus Albizia, native to southern and eastern Asia, from Iran east to China and Korea. The genus is named after the Italian nobleman Filippo del Albizzi, who introduced it to Europe in the mid 18th century, and it is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Albizzia". The specific name julibrissin is a corruption of the Persian word Gul-i Abrisham (گل ابریشم) which means the silk flower ("Gul" گل m ...

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The East Deccan dry evergreen forests cover lie in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats, which block the rain-bearing summer southwest monsoon. Rainfall averages 800 mm/year, and mostly falls during the highly variable northeast monsoon between October and December. The ecoregion covers an area of 25,500 square kilometers (9,800 square miles), extending from Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu to Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. Much of the ecoregion is densely settled, and has been substantially altered by huma ...

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Albizia julibrissin is a small deciduous tree growing to 5–12 m tall, with a broad crown of level or arching branches. The bark is dark greenish grey in colour and striped vertically as it gets older. The leaves are tripinnate, 20–45 cm long and 12–25 cm broad, divided into 6–12 pairs of pinnae, each with 20–30 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are oblong, 1–1.5 cm long and 2–4 mm broad. The flowers are produced throughout the summer in dense inflorescences, the individual flowers with no peta ...

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External leaf characteristics (such as shape, margin, hairs, etc.) are important for identifying plant species, and botanists have developed a rich terminology for describing leaf characteristics. These structures are a part of what makes leaves determinant, they grow and achieve a specific pattern and shape, then stop. Other plant parts like stems or roots are non-determinant, and will continue to grow as l ...

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The ecoregion constitutes a narrow strip of lowland forests between Madagascar's east coast and the mountainous central highlands, from sea level to 800 meters elevation. It covers an area of approximately 112,600 square kilometers. The ecoregion is under the direct influence of the moist southeast trade winds, which maintain a warm, humid climate. The lowland forests extend from Marojejy in the north to the southeast corner of the island. At the northern edge of ecoregion around Vohemar, the moist forests transition to the drier Mada ...

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Gorumara National Park - Biomes. The park falls in the Indomalaya ecozone. Inside the park, the primary biomes corresponding to the ecozone are: Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands of the Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests of the Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome Both of these are typical of the Bhutan - Nepal - India Terai submontan ...

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The major conservation focus of the park is to maintain a viable breeding community of Indian Rhinoceroses. However, the lack of large predators has caused significantly worrying skews in the populations of large herbivores in the park. The rhinoceros male:female ratio, usually 1:3, shot up to 1:1 - resulting in male dominance fights and deaths. The Gaur population also doubled in recent years, with risk of overgrazing. Poaching was a major issue in the park in the 1970s and 1980s, but now Gorumara is one of the parks least threatened ...

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The original vegetation of the ecoregion consisted of forests with an understory of evergreen trees and an emergent canopy of taller deciduous trees, including Sal (Shorea robusta), Albizia amara and Chloroxylon spp. Intensive human use of the forests over the centuries has mostly eliminated the deciduous canopy species, and the ecoregion's remaining forests are now characterized by areas of leathery-leaved evergreen forest, with a relatively low (10-meter) closed canopy. Predominant species are Manilkara hexandra ...

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East Deccan dry evergreen forests, East Deccan dry evergreen forests - Setting, East Deccan dry evergreen forests - Flora, East Deccan dry evergreen forests - Protected areas, East Deccan dry evergreen forests - External link

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A structurally complete leaf of an angiosperm consists of a petiole (leaf stem), a lamina (leaf blade), and stipules (small processes located to either side of the base of the petiole). The point at which the petiole attaches to the stem is called the leaf axil. Not every species produces leaves with all of these structural parts. In some species, paired stipules are not obvious or are absent altogether; a petiole may be absent; or the blade may not be laminar (flattened). The tremendou ...

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See Leaf shape Leaf - Margins edge. The leaf margin is characteristic for a genus and aids in determining the species. entire: even; with a smooth margin; without toothing ciliate: fringed with hairs crenate: wavy-toothed; dentate with rounded teeth, such as Fagus (beech) dentate: toothed, such as Castanea (chestnut) coarse-toothed: with large teeth glandular toothed: with teeth that bear glands. denticulate: finel ...

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Political Geography: The park is located in the Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, in the state of West Bengal in India. Physical Geography: Gorumara is located in the Eastern Himalayas' submontane Terai belt. This region has rolling forests and riverine grasslands, and is known as the Dooars in West Bengal. The park is located on the flood plains of the Murti River and Raidak River. The major river of the park is the Jaldhaka river, of the Brahmaputra river system. In this regard, Gorumara is a significant w ...

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