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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Enterolobium	Species: Enterolobium timbouva Mart.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym		Flower Color	White
Common Name	Ear Pod tree	Flower Type	Capitulum
English / Trade Name	Ear Pod tree	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 1400 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods , green then turn brown and are slowly shed
Habitat	Semi-deciduous forest and its transition to savannah, found mainly in the more open, secondary formations and also as an isolated plant in pastures, favouring well-drained, clayey soils	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	South America - Paraguay, central, eastern and northern Brazil	Bark Details	The bark is light prominent dark reddish- brown vertical fissures. In young trees these fissures are closer together. and their confluence lends a characteristic reddish hue to the bark
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Deciduous tree with a verywide, dense, low crown up to 10 – 20 m. Bark light gray, with prominent dark reddish-brown vertical fissures. In young trees these fissures are closer together and their confluence lends a characteristic reddish hue to the bark. Leaves compound, alternate and pinnate. Flowers dimorphic or uniform, bisexual. Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-dentate. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens numerous, basally connate into a tube; anthers eglandular. Ovary sessile, many ovuled; style filiform. Fruit: pods , green then turn brown and are slowly shed. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland and also provides an excellent shade, so is used in urban landscaping and in pastures.	Leaf Details	Leaves are dark green in colour, compound, alternate and pinnate

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