Nayan's ID seems correct to me. Cassia glauca, now known as Senna
surattensis, has glaucus pinnate leaves, 5-petalled flowers, and flat
seedpods up to 20 cm long. The habit also looks right - it is more
commonly seen as a shrub.
- Tabish
On Sep 2, 10:41 pm, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello friends,
> could it be cassia fistula? Please check
> uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shower_Tree
> Regards
> Yazdy.
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Kenneth Greby<[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
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