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Botanical Name: Senna occidentalis
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: Of or from the West
Ecosystem:
Origin: Foreign
Location: Kanpur
Description: Annual Herb.Petiolate unipinnate leaf. Gland on petiole, none on rachis between pairs of leaflets.Paripinnate leaflets in about 5 pairs of pinna.1-3 Yellow flowers appear on axillary stem or in a form of corymbose inflorescence.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens in three sets of varied length. Style is light green, curved.Young pods are flat, on maturity they become swollen.Small brown, black colour seeds.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual Herb.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf. Gland on petiole, none on rachis between pairs of leaflets.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Cuneate, oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets in about 5 pairs of pinna.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Corymb
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: 1-3 Yellow flowers appear on axillary stem or in a form of corymbose inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description:
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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 stamens
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens in three sets of varied length. Style is light green, curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Young pods are flat, on maturity they become swollen.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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Seed Description: Small brown, black colour seeds.
