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Botanical Name: Senna siamea
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: काशीद
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: From Siam (Thailand)
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune, Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Evergreen Tree.Petiolate unipinnate leaf. No glands.Paripinnate leaflets in about 10-12 pairs of pinna. Leaf end mucronate (broad apex, with sharp point) distinct from S spectabilis.Yellow flowers are arranged in corymb inflorescence. Individual inflorescences are arranged in raceme towards the end of the branch.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.Flat long and narrow pods.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Evergreen Tree.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf. No glands.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Oblique-rounded
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Mucronate
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate leaflets in about 10-12 pairs of pinna. Leaf end mucronate (broad apex, with sharp point) distinct from S spectabilis.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Corymb
Bract: linear bract
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in corymb inflorescence. Individual inflorescences are arranged in raceme towards the end of the branch.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description:
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 varied in length. Style is light green, straight or curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat long and narrow pods.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
