Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Senna | Species: Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby( पॉपकॉर्न कैसिया ) |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Cassia didymobotrya Fresen | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Popcorn cassia | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Candelabra Tree, Peanut Butter Senna | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | July-Sept | |
| Altitude | up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a flat, 8-14 seeded pod, linear-oblong. Seed flattened, oblongoid, apiculate. |
| Habitat | Often ruderal in riparian montane wooded grassland | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native: Angola, EthiopiaKenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda and Exotic in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Smooth, green |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Small tree up to 5 m tall, branches terete, striate, pubescent to villous. Leaves simply paripinnate, narrowly oblong-elliptical, stipules broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate; leaflets in 8-12 pairs, chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, apex rounded but mucronate, pubescent to glabrescent. Inflorescence 20-30 flowered, spike-like raceme; bracts ovate, black green, calyx 5, subequal, oblong-obovate, corolla 5, slightly unequal, stamens 10, filaments shorter than anthers, anthers of 2 lower stamens 9-11 mm long, 3 upper stamens staminodial.Fruit a flat, 8-14 seeded pod, linear-oblong. Seed flattened, oblongoid, apiculate. | Leaf Details | Leaves simply paripinnate, narrowly oblong-elliptical, stipules broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate; leaflets in 8-12 pairs, chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, apex rounded but mucronate, pubescent to glabrescent |
