Thanks, Singh ji, for bringing out the differences. On 28 May 2016 13:21, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear friends > > Senna tora (L.) Roxb. > syn: Cassia tora L. > Anjana Layout, Bangalore > September 21, 2015 > Often confused with S. obtusifolia more so in west (so don't believe most > online images), but can be differentiated somewhat narrowed apex, glands > between lower two pairs of leaflets, staminodes often absent (only 7 > stamens seen), shorter pedicel (up to 10 mm in flower, 15 mm in fruit), > densely hairy ovary. Here are complete differences: > > *Senna tora:* 30-120 cm tall; stipules 8-15 mm long, often falcate; > leaflets 0.5-5 cm long and 0.5-2.5 cm wide, base oblique, apex delicately > acute, glands between 2 lower pairs of leaflets; petiolules 1-2 mm > long;bracts 2-4 mm long, pedicel 4-10 mm long, up to 1.5 cm in fruit, > hairy; . Sepals ovate, 5-6 mm long. Petals 8-10 mm long; 3 upper stamens > absent or staminodial; Ovary appressed, densely hairy; pod glabrescent; > areoles on both sides of the seed, 1.5-2 mm wide, often almost as wide as > the seed > > *Senna obtusifolia:* 0.5-2 m tall; sti¬pule 5-10 mm long; leaflets 3 > pairs, 1.5-6 cm long, 1.2-3 cm wide, base slightly oblique, rounded at the > top, apex minutely acute; gland present between lowest pair of leaflets; , > petiolules 2.5 mm long; Bracts 4-8 mm long, pedicel 1.2-3.5 cm long, in > fruit up to 4.5 cm long, hairy; petals 12-15 mm long; 3 upper stamens > staminodial. Ovary more or less glabrous; pods glabrous to subglabrous; > areoles on both sides of the seed, narrow linear, .3-.5 mm wide. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
