Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Common Name: ***

Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush

Etymology - Species: Many leaves (referring to many leaves at the node)

Ecosystem:

Origin: Foreign

Location: Mhatre bridge DP Road Pune

Description: Medium size shrub.Petiolate unipinnate leaf with linear stipule. More than one leaves clustered at the node, distinct character. Glands on rachis, clavate usually between lowest two pairs of leaflets, none on petiole.Paripinnate very small leaflets as compared to other Senna spp.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Shrub

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture:

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Medium size shrub.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate

Stipules: Linear

Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf with linear stipule. More than one leaves clustered at the node, distinct character. Glands on rachis, clavate usually between lowest two pairs of leaflets, none on petiole.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Oblong

Lamina Bases: Oblique

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Rounded apice

Lamina Texture: Glabrous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Paripinnate very small leaflets as compared to other Senna spp.

Fruit type: Legume

Fruit type Description:

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: -

Dispersion Method: -

Preprocessing for germination: -

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Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.