Cassia javanica

Pravin Kawale

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Apr 25, 2011, 3:34:02 AM4/25/11

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Hi,
Cassia javanica
at Alibag 24Apr,2011
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Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 25, 2011, 3:39:25 AM4/25/11

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Nice photographs, Pravin ji

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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
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Apr 25, 2011, 4:40:15 AM4/25/11

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Wow! Why the fillament of anther is swollen like a baloon of a dropper? Saw first time.
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mani nair

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Apr 25, 2011, 5:01:19 AM4/25/11

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Beautiful flowers

Thanks for sharing

Mani.

Pinki

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Apr 25, 2011, 5:47:12 AM4/25/11

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The synonym of the species is Cassia nodosa or Cassia javanica subsp.
nodosa, a name given to it for the presence of this swelling on the
anthers...

Alok

Satish Phadke

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Apr 25, 2011, 6:02:00 AM4/25/11

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Pinki ji
Thanks for the information regarding the important character of this species.
Dr Phadke

Satish Phadke

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Apr 25, 2011, 6:03:10 AM4/25/11

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I think you mean the nodular swelling on the stamens rather than the anthers.

Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 25, 2011, 6:09:22 AM4/25/11

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Filaments rather than anthers.

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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/

Ushadi micromini

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Apr 25, 2011, 9:13:24 AM4/25/11

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Dear Dr Singh: what's the function of such specialized
filaments..... seems to me to be able to invite some special
pollinator?
what could it be?
i wonder???
ushadi

On Apr 25, 3:09 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Filaments rather than anthers.
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think you mean the nodular swelling on the stamens rather than the
> > anthers.
>

> > On 25 April 2011 15:32, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Pinki ji
> >> Thanks for the information regarding the important character of this
> >> species.
> >> Dr Phadke
>

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