As per Shrikant ji's book, *Cassia sophera* has 6 to 10 pairs of leaflets, while *Cassia occidentalis* has 3 to 5 pairs. In view, it is *Cassia occidentalis.*
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM, J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the pictures & details at this link: > http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Cassia_occidentalis_page.html, > http://tropilab.com/yorkapesi.html & > http://www.ics.trieste.it/MAPs/MedicinalPlants_Plant.aspx?id=591, it > appears like *Cassia occidentalis as told* by Akram ji. Here are links for > its medicinal use: http://www.motherherbs.com/cassia-occidentalis.html & > http://www.rain-tree.com/fedegoso-powder.htm > > *But it appears quite close to Cassia sophera. Can anybody confirn the > final Id & tell about the differences between the two? > * > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> It is Cassia sophera L. In Bengali known as Kasundi, sometimes >> Kalkasundi, as by the great Writer Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhaya, the >> nature lover and the author of Apu- trilogy and other well known >> Novels, it grows wild particularly in his native place. Poor people in >> this area eat both young leaves and the yellow flowers after cooking. >> I had also tasted- great. >> >> On Sep 19, 1:14 pm, Mahendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > I believe it is a sps of Cassia. I have a similar flowering plant, but >> my plant leaves seem slightly darker. It flowers almost all the year round. >> The seeds are in long round pods, about 7 mm dia and 100 mm long, green >> turning brown and dry when ripe. In the photo one can see 2 seed pods lower >> down the flower, one fairly long and the upper one just developing. Flowers >> about 1 - 1.25" size. >> > >> > --- On Wed, 17/9/08, Bhanumathi R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > From: Bhanumathi R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: [indiantreepix:4821] Needs id >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Wednesday, 17 September, 2008, 2:48 PM >> > >> > Hi members, >> > >> > Please identify the attached pic of a plant taken >> > in IIT campus Chennai. Thanks >> > >> > Bhanu >> > >> > Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Click herehttp://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
