Nice Catch Sir On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Senna alata (L.) Roxb., Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:349. 1832 > syn: Cassia alata L. > > Common names: candlebush, candlestick > senna, Christmas-candle, empress-candleplant, ringworm > senna, ringwormbush, ringwormshrub, seven-golden-candles, seven-golden-candlesticks > > Shrub to 2 m tall with 8-14 pairs of large (5-10 cm long) oblong to obovate > leaflets, stout spike-like erect racemes; leaves without glands; petals > yellow distinctly veined, 2 cm long; stamens 6-7 dehiscing by apical pores; > fruit up to 15 cm long, flat, winged. > > Photographed from Delhi, often grown as hedge plant > > > > -- > 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/ >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
