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Botanical Name: Cassia fistula
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: बहावा
Etymology - Genus: From the name Kasia, named by an ancient Greek botanist, Pedanius Dioscorides
Etymology - Species: Tube-like, in reference to its fruits
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune, Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Medium size tree with creamy white, flaky bark.Unipinnate leaf.Paripinnate leaflets, elliptic lamina.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme.After leaf fall, whole tree burst into bright yellow flowers during summer. Longest filament sigmoidally curved, more than 2.5 cm. Stamens arranged in a set of 3-4-3 with reducing length. Style is light green, curved.Pods mature almost after a year. Pods are black smooth cylindrical. They don’t break easily.Seeds are arranged in separate chambers, covered in a thick glue like substance. Seeds propagate thru animal dung and can have a life of 1-2 years.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size tree with creamy white, flaky bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Unipinnate leaf.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Obtuse
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets, elliptic lamina.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description: After leaf fall, whole tree burst into bright yellow flowers during summer.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 03-May-2019 08:51 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 03-May-2019 08:52 AM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: 5 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Basifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamen arranged in 3 sets
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Longest filament sigmoidally curved, more than 2.5 cm. Stamens arranged in a set of 3-4-3 with reducing length. Style is light green, curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Pods mature almost after a year. Pods are black smooth cylindrical. They don’t break easily.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Thru Animal dung
Preprocessing for germination:
Germination time: Up to 1 or 2 years
Seed shelf life: More than 1 year
Germination %:
Seed Description: Seeds are arranged in separate chambers, covered in a thick glue like substance. Seeds propagate thru animal dung and can have a life of 1-2 years.
