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Botanical Name: Senna uniflora
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: Single flowered
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune, Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Annual herb, to an extent very invasive species.Petiolate unipinnate leaf with slim, horn shaped stipule. Stacked gland on rachis at almost all leaflet pairs, none on petiole.Paripinnate, 3-5 pairs of variable size leaflets, with groove on rachis.Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme. Soft hairs & stacked gland (similar to the one on rachis) is observed on peduncle.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens varied in length. Style is light green, curved.Pods are 3-5cm long, linear, 4 angled.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual herb, to an extent very invasive species.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Free curved
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf with slim, horn shaped stipule. Stacked gland on rachis at almost all leaflet pairs, none on petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Lanceolate
Lamina Bases: Rounded to acute or oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Mucronate
Lamina Texture: Soft
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate, 3-5 pairs of variable size leaflets, with groove on rachis.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: linear bract
Inflorescence Description: Yellow flowers are arranged in raceme. Soft hairs & stacked gland (similar to the one on rachis) is observed on peduncle.
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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 varied in length. Style is light green, curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Pods are 3-5cm long, linear, 4 angled.
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.
