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Ailanthus malabarica - Haalmaddi

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{{stub}}[[File:Ailanthus triphysa leaf 02.JPG|thumb|right|''Haalmaddi'', '' Ailanthus malabarica'']]Ailanthus triphysa is a large, evergreen tree with a sparsely branched, open crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall, but usually smaller. The bole is usually up to 75cm in diameter, occasionally to 150cm. The tree has a number of medicinal and other uses, for which it is harvested from the wild. It is also often planted for ornament, making a useful shade tree.
==Uses==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|imparipinnate, alternate, spiral, crowded towards twig ends, to 1 m long; rachis pulvinate, subterete, glabrous; petiolule 0.3-0.7 cm long, glabrous; leaflets 11-21, alternate or suboppoiste, increasing size towards apex, 5-14 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base asymetric, margin entire and revolute, glaucous, tomentose beneath when young, later glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 8-16 pairs, glands present at the fork near margin; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|Axillary or terminal|Greenish yellow||Inflorescence terminal or axillary, branched panicles, drooping; flowers small, polygamous, greenish-yellow; pedicel ca. 0.2 cm long.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Samara|||with large membranouos wings; seed one, pendulous.||}}
===Other features===
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Ailanthus triphysa (5597251501).jpg|SeedsFile:Ailanthus triphysa (5597249595).jpg|Seeds and leavesFile:Ailanthus triphysa leaf 06.JPG|LeavesFile:Ailanthus triphysa(3).jpg|TrunkFile:Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.); branch with flowers an Wellcome V0042651.jpg|Illustration
</gallery>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7364"morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Simaroubaceae]]
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