The plant that I handled has characters of *C. uniflora *as per the key that Shrikant ji given except the number of leaflets are 2-4.
Now if Satish ji can tell us the number of stamens (it is cluttered hence counting the same from the picture is difficult) and glands (since the leaflets are closed glands are not seen in the pictures) in his plant with 2 paired leaflets things would be clear. * * Regards, Giby* * On 27 October 2011 22:17, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > Stamens 5, glands absent, leaflets 2 pairs is C. absus, whereas C. > uniflora has stamens 7, glands present and leaflets 4-5 pairs. C. > absus is a monsoon herb, flowers may have differed due to being out of > season. Regards, Shrikant > > On Oct 11, 9:58 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Cassia absus* > > Family : Caesalpiniaceae > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Erect annual herb. 6 - 18 inches. > > Stems and branches hairy. Leaves long-petioled. Rachis viscous hairy > > grooved. Petiole 2-2.5 cm long.Stipules 3 mm subulate. > > Leaflets 2 pairs Very oblique elliptic oblong- elliptic obovate. > > Flowers Terminal/ Leaf opposed racemes. Pedicel short viscous hairy. > Bracts > > and bracteoles present. > > Calyx hairy 4mm segments oblong obtuse subequal. > > Petals 6mm obovate cuneate, reddish yellow tender veined. > > Stamens 5 all perfect equal. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I tried to match the above characters given in Cooke's flora. > > Only difference found: The flower above is solitary and it is not > reddish. > > Please comment. > > Regards > > > > -- > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > > _MG_4662s.jpg > > 109KViewDownload > > > > _MG_4659s.jpg > > 165KViewDownload > > > > _MG_4660s.jpg > > 121KViewDownload > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
