Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Senna | Species: Senna sulfurea (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Cassia glauca Lam., Cassia arborescens Vahl | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Glaucous cassia, glossyshower senna, Sulphur-flowered senna | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | Jan-March | |
| Altitude | Upto 1000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a pod glossy, flat, straight, strap-shaped, dehiscent, with long, slender beak on top, valves papery; seeds 20-30, oblong-elliptic. |
| Habitat | Common; waste places, road sides. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to India, Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia, Pacific islands | Bark Details | Smooth and greenish brown in colour. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Sector 4, Sector 11, Sector 17, Sector 18, Sector 26, Sector 27, Sector 32, Sector 37 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 6 m tall, Bark smooth. Leaves with a club-shaped gland 1-2 mm on rachis between each of lowest 2 pairs of leaflets. Stipules are cadu¬cous, linear. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, usually 5 pairs, abaxially farina-white, greenish above, ovate or elliptic, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, apex obtusely rounded or inconspicu¬ously emarginate. Flower racemes occur in axils of leaves in upper part of branches; calyx green to reddish brown, unequal, outer 2 suborbicular; carolla bright yellow (drying orange or pinkish brown), ovate or obovate, clawed; stamens 10, all fertile, with short, thick fila¬ments, lowest 2 with longer filaments; anthers subequal, opening by short, apical slits. Ovary hairy; style glabrous. Fruit a pod glossy, flat, straight, strap-shaped, dehiscent, with long, slender beak on top, valves papery; seeds 20-30, oblong-elliptic. | Leaf Details | Leaves with a club-shaped gland 1-2 mm on rachis between each of lowest 2 pairs of leaflets. Stipules are cadu¬cous, linear. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, usually 5 pairs, abaxially farina-white, greenish above, ovate or elliptic, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, apex obtusely rounded or inconspicu¬ously emarginate. |
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