Neha ji
Kindly go through the following response by me for Dinesh ji's plant. It
may help fixing your plant. Please note glands to decide finally:
Dinesh ji, I think you are right
Just for record, it must be mentioned that this species Senna
multiglandulosa is the accepted name for species which was previously known
under the name Cassia tomentosa. In fact there are two plants by that name:
Cassia tomentosa L.f. and Cassia tomentosa Arn.
*Cassia tomentosa* L.f. is now correctly known as Senna multiglandulosa
(Jacq.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby: is a a tall shrub up to 4 m tall, branches
tomenose, 6-8 pairs, oblong, up to 5 cm long, yellowish tomentose beneath;
racemes shorter than leaves; flowers deep yellow; fruit thick flat, up to
12 cm long. *This should be your plant.*
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*Cassia tomentosa* Arn. is now correctly known as Senna hirsuta (L.) H. S.
Irwin & Barneby. It is a perennial herb up to; leaflets usually 3-5 pairs,
with a gland at the base of petiole, none on rachis between the leaflets,
ovate lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, acute or acuminate, hirsute; racemes
short, axillary; flowers yellow; fruit linear, up to 15 cm long, hirsute.
Here is the key I have tried to construct to separate the closely related
species:
1a. Gland at base of petiole, none between the leaflets; leaflets 3-5
pairs,
ovate lanceolate, hirsute; pod hirsute. 50-90
seeded.....................Senna hirsuta
1b. Glands between pairs of leaflets, none on petiole; leaflets oblong
pod glabrous.......(2)
2a. Glands sessile, between all pairs of leaflets; leaflets 6-8 pairs,
yellowish tomentose
beneath.......................................................Senna
multiglandulosa
2b. Glands stalked, between lower two lowest pairs of leaflets;
leaflets glabrous or white-farinose
beneath....................................(3)
3a. Leaflets 4-6 pairs; leaf 15-30 cm long, leaflets white-farinose
(glaucous) beneath; pod 12-20 cm long, 20-30 seeded;
stalk of pod 10-20
mm long.........................................................Senna
sulfurea
3b. Leaflets 6-9 pairs; leaf 10-15 cm long, leaflets not glaucous
beneath; pod 7-10 cm long, 20-25 seeded; stalk of pod
5-7 mm
long...............................................................................Senna
surratensis
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:33 AM, hari lal <[email protected]> wrote:
> the key feature of cassia sps is pairing of leaves so i tell you send
> other pic ok any way i try it to identify
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> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> These r d better ones Hari lal ji ( among all I have)
>> So...I will try to capture it again..soon.
>> Thanks
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