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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Caesalpinia	Species: Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb.( कटेली )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Caesalpinia bonducella (Linn.) Fleming, Caesalpinia crista Thunb., Guilandian bonduc Linn	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Kat – Karanja, Bhainsa kata	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Yellow Nicker Bean, Brown Nicker Nut	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Kateli	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Up To 1200 M	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Pods oblong, 6 – 8 x 3 – 5 cm, coriaceous, dehiscent, with sharp, wiry prickles; seeds 1 – 2, oblong, large, shining – brown
Habitat	Banks of rivers	Bark Type	Prickly
Distribution	Australia, Madagascar , Maldives, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India	Bark Details	The bark is dark brown with numerous recurved prickles
Distribution in Haryana	Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Large, prickly, rambling climbers, to 12 m high; prickles nearly straight, yellowish, to 1.2 cm long; branches finely grey – downy. Leaves 25 – 45 cm long; pinnae 6 – 8 pairs; leaflets opposite, 6 – 10 pairs, elliptic – oblong, 1 – 3 cm long, obtuse, mucronate, membranous, glabrous above, downy beneath. Flowers yellow, 8 – 10 mm long, in long peduncled, simple or paniculate racemes; bracts linear, recurved at the apex, caducous. Calyx rusty – tomentose, 3 – 4 mm long. petals yellow, spotted with red, oblanceolate, 8 – 10 mm long. Stamens 10, free; anthers uniform, versatile. Pods oblong, 6 – 8 x 3 – 5 cm, coriaceous, dehiscent, with sharp, wiry prickles; seeds 1 – 2, oblong, large, shining – brown	Leaf Details	Leaves 25 – 45 cm long; pinnae 6 – 8 pairs; leaflets opposite, 6 – 10 pairs, elliptic – oblong, 1 – 3 cm long, obtuse, mucronate, membranous, glabrous above, downy beneath.

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