Dear friends Looking for Senna sophera var. purpurea I finally found the description of Cassia purpurea (on which combination under Senna is formed) in eFlora of Pakistan, but somehow feel that plant described there is different. It describes plant with 3-5 pairsof leaflets as against 4-11 in C. sophera,
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063492 whereas this aspect is not mentioned in flora of British India. The illustration of eFlora of Pakistan shows 4 pairs of leaflets. It also lists fruit length as 5-7.5 cm as against 9-10 cm in C. sophera. I doubt got further confirmed when I saw this illustration of C. purpurea clearly showing 7-8 pairs of leaflets. http://www.plantgenera.org/illustration_100.php?id_publication=341&id_illustration=99150&language=&height=700&nsbpHEIGHT= Can any member knowing this plant clear this confusion -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
