Botanical name: Tamarix aphylla    Family: Tamaricaceae (Tamarisk family)
Synonyms: Tamarix orientalis, Tamarix furas, Tamarix faras

Athel Pine is a tree or tall shrub, up to about 13 m tall with reddish brown to grey bark, entirely hairless. It is the tallest of all Tamarix species. Leaves are sheathed, abruptly with a short sharp point 1.5-2 mm long, hoary due to the salt deposition from the impressed dotted glands. Flower racemes are simple or compound, 2-6 cm long, 3-4 mm broad, spirally curved. Flowers are bisexual, nearly stalkless, pinkish white, flower-stalk less than 1 mm long. Sepals are 5, free, 1.5 mm long, about 1 mm broad. Petals are 5, filaments thread-like, 2 mm long, anthers heart-shaped, somewhat apiculate. Stigmas 3 or 4, discoid, styles half the length of the ovary, ovary conical, 1.75-2 mm long. Capsules are pyramidal, rounded at the tip, 2.5-3.5 mm long, about 1.5 mm broad. Athel Pine is found in Sahara to India. Flowering: June-October.

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