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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Senna	Species: Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby( पॉपकॉर्न कैसिया )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

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

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