Here is a reply from Dilip ji: "I also have my doubts about the id of the tree as Senna Septabilis. The leaves in my photo are not alternately spaced. and rightly mentioned the leaves here are much bigger.
Dilip Pandit" 2009/2/2 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Here is a reply from Padmini Raghavan ji <[email protected]>: > "I am not a botanist but the link showed a plant with much smaller leaves. > Is it really a Senna spectabilis? > Sorry to doubt your opinion but please do confirm the diagnosis. > Padminil" > > Here is the desc. from one of the links: > "Leaves alternate, up to 40 cm, compound (pinnate) with 4-15 (max. 19) > pairs of leaflets, each up to 7.5 cm; petiole 3-4 cm; rachis 10-20 cm (max. > 35); stipules paired, threadlike, linear falcate, early caducous, about 1 cm > long, without glands; leaflets narrowly elliptic, 3-7 x 1-2 cm (the > lowermost petal usually much smaller and early caducous); base rounded, apex > acute, mucronate; margin entire, upper surface glabrous, dull green and > almost hairless, with many slightly sunken side veins; lower surface dull > light green and soft hairy, sometimes hairless; petiolule short, about 3 mm > long. " > 2009/1/30 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > Thanks, Ken ji. >> Links for *Senna spectabilis* (*Spectacular cassia, calceolaria shower, >> yellow shower*): http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/SENSPEA.pdf (details with >> drawings), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna_spectabilis (taxonomy), >> http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plantscommon/JCUDEV_005950 (desc. >> with a pix), >> http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=464 >> (details). >> >> 2009/1/29 Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> >> >> Looks like Senna spectabilis, formerly Cassia excelsa, commonly called >>> Crown-of-Gold Tree in the USA. >>> >>> Regards-- >>> Ken Greby >>> Broward County, Florida USA >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 1/29/09, Dilip Pandit <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Dilip Pandit <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:8071] Id please >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 5:12 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Please also Id the tree in pix 932/33. This tree was seen in Panchmarhi >>> MP. >>> >>> Dilip Pandit >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> "We often ignore the beauty around us" >> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
