Dinesh-- I don't believe that this is Senna spectabilis (Syn S. excelsa, S. carnaval) due to the flattened seedpods. S. spectabilis has roundish to squared (in cross-section) pods with some muscilage present.
This looks closer to S. surattensis, but I am not positive of that ID. Regards-- Ken Greby. --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: [indiantreepix:17425] ... Cassia ¿ species ? To: "Indian Tree Pix" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:20 AM Hello friends, A large shrub of Cassia planted along an avenue near Yeoor Hills, photos taken on 22 AUG 09. My friend Ajinkya Gadave has already commented in Flickr about this plant to be Cassia spectabilis. Please validate ID. Regards. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

