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Saturday, 12 August 2023

Tree Plantation 12-08-2023

Tree plantation was conducted as a collaborative activity by the Department of Botany, Physics along with NSS, Vaidyanath College, Parli-Vaijnath, Beed (MS-India)
Following species have been planted:
Ficus benghalensis, Ficus racemosa etc.
Principal Dr. R.D. Rathod , NSS P.O. Dr. M. N. Rode , Botany HOD Dr. T.A. Gitte, students of B.Sc. were present on the occasion.

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

MAGNOLIACEAE - MICHELIA CHAMPACA DESCRIPTION

 MICHELIA CHAMPACA L.

Systematic Position:

 Division: Phanerogams

    Sub-div.: Angiosperms

        Class: Dicotyledons

             Sub-class: Polypetalae

                   Series: Thalamiflorae

                       Order: Ranales

                             Family: Magnoliacee

                                  Genus: Michelia

                                        Species: champaca

Description:

Habit: A small evergreen tree.

Root: Branched, tap root.

Stem: Aerial, erect, solid, cylindrical, glabrous, branched, woody.

Leaf: Simple, alternate; stipulate, stipule convolute; petiolate, ovate, entire, acute, unicostate reticulate.

Inflorescence: Solitary axillary.

Flower: Bracteate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous, fragrant, pale yellow.

Perianth: Usually 9 perianth leaves arranged in three whorls of three each; either outer 3 leaves are sepalloid and inner 6 lobes are petalloid, or all the 9 perianth lobes are petalloid.

Androecium: Stamens numerous, free, spirally arranged on a conically elongate receptacle, filaments short, basifixed, dithecous, extrorse.

Gynoecium: Multicarpellary, apocarpous, carpels arranged spirally over the conical receptacle, superior, unilocular, many ovules, marginal placentation; style curved, stigma beaked.

Fruit: Etaerio of follicles.

Floral Formula:




Michelia champaca L. Flowering Twig