Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Simaroubaceae | Genus: Ailanthus | Species: Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Pongelion excelsum (Roxb.) Pierre, Pongelion wighti Van Tiegh. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Tree of heaven, Indian tree of heaven | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Coromandel Ailanto, Indian Tree Of Heaven, Peevari, Tree Of Heaven | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Plains to 1000m | Fruit Type | Samara |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a samara, 5 × 1.3 cm, prominently veined, oblong, copper red, twisted at base. |
| Habitat | Planted in the plains | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Widely distributed in India, both as wild and cultivated. Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indo-Malesia | Bark Details | Bark light greyish-brown, fibrous or glandular, rough |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Manimajara and Daria | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Large tree; bark light-coloured; branchlets hoary tomentose, with large leaf-scars. Leaves large, pinnate, 60-90 cm long; rachis hoary tomentose; leaflets 10-13 pairs, variable in shape, often ovate, 8.5-15 × x 5-7.5 cm, very coarsely toothed, acute or acuminate, densely pubescent beneath and pubescent above when young, secondary nerves 12-20, base very oblique; petiolule 1.5-5 cm, with two hairy glands near the base, and sometimes in place of the lowest leaflets also. Flowers yellowish in large panicles. Ovary hairy. Samaras often solitary, linear-oblong to lanceolate 4-5(6) × 1-1.5 cm, strongly nerves, once or twice twisted at base. | Leaf Details | Leaves large, pinnate, 60-90 cm long; rachis hoary tomentose; leaflets 10-13 pairs, variable in shape, often ovate, 8.5-15 × 5-7.5 cm, very coarsely toothed, acute or acuminate, densely pubescent beneath and pubescent above when young, secondary nerves 12-20, base very oblique; petiolule 1.5-5 cm, with two hairy glands near the base, and sometimes in place of the lowest leaflets also. |
