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Botanical Name: Senna holosericea
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: Entirely silky to the touch
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Rajasthan
Description: Perennial shrub, was seen all around Marvaad region of Rajasthan.Petiolate unipinnate leaf. No glands. Small pointed stipules.Paripinnate leaflets in about 6-8 pairs of pinna.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme inflorescence.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.Characteristic flat and broad pods, length of a thumb.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
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Root-Stem-Bark Description: Perennial shrub, was seen all around Marvaad region of Rajasthan.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf. No glands. Small pointed stipules.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets in about 6-8 pairs of pinna.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
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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
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Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamens
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
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Floral Parts Description: Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Characteristic flat and broad pods, length of a thumb.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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