Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Senna alata from Delhi
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Gurcharan Singh
Dec 6, 2011, 10:28:29 PM12/6/11
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Senna alata (L.) Roxb., Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:349. 1832
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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/
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/
Balkar Singh
Dec 7, 2011, 7:52:23 PM12/7/11
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Nice Catch Sir
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Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
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