Good evening Sir, Thank you for the probable ID of this tree, the keys you compiled to identify Cassia complex is excellent for an average user like me. A website informs, "...The flowering period is long, and flowers may often be found at various seasons (Troup 1921)...." for *Senna siamea* - http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/S_siamea.html
Regards, surajit On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Looks like Senna siamia, but then it flowers in Delhi only in > November-December > > > > -- > 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/ > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Attaching images of a *Senna sp.* >> * >> * >> Species : *Senna siamea* (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & >> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1117> >> >> - Roadside tree, about 25 feet >> - leaf = compound, rachis 17 cm, leaflets 7 pairs, petiole 0.3 cm, >> leaflet (longest) 6 cm x 2.1 cm >> - flower diam. 3.7 cm, pedicel 2.6 cm, longest filament 1 cm, carpel >> 1.8 cm >> - pod 19.5 cm x 1 cm >> >> Date : 13/8/12, 10.00 A.M. (pod from another tree) >> Place : Gobra (Hooghly) >> ID help : >> >> 1. >> >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/cassia >> 2. >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242348613 >> 3. >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012031 >> 4. >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/bYf162iaVVA/discussion >> >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > --
