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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Senna	Species: Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia fastigiata Vahl, Cassia glauca Lam., Cassia suffruiticosa Roth, Senna speciosa Roxb	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Glaucous Cassia, Sulphur-flowered Senna, Sunshine Tree, Singapore Shower, Golden Senna.	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Scrambled Egg Bush, Glaucous Cassia	Flowering Period	Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	500-2000 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods strap-shaped, flat, thin-valved, sepatate, dark brown; seeds 10-13, brown, oblong, narrowed at hilum end, blackish, shiny.
Habitat	Common in Southeast Asian gardens and is also often seen planted along city streets and road sites. Occasionally cultivated	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Common in Southeast Asia	Bark Details	Bark grayish brown, smooth.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Small tree; branchlets ribbed, thinly pubescent. Leaves alternate rachis, ribbed; leaflets 6-10 pairs, strongly accrescent, elliptic or oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, oblique at base. Flower racemes 5 to 20-flowered, in the axils of upper leaves, corymbose; thinly pubescent; Sepals obtuse, pubescent outside in bud; Petals yellow. Stamens 10, subequal, all fertile; anthers with narrow and deflexed top, dehiscing by apical pores and lateral rims. Pods strap-shaped, flat, thin-valved, sepatate, dark brown; seeds 10-13, brown, oblong, narrowed at hilum end, blackish, shiny.	Leaf Details	Leaves alternate rachis, ribbed; leaflets 6-10 pairs, strongly accrescent, elliptic or oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, oblique at base.

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