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 sulfurea (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby( सूरत सेन्ना ) |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Cassia glauca Lam., Cassia arborescens Vahl, Cassia petropolitana Glaz. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Surat senna | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Sulphur Cassia, Golden Senna | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Surat Senna | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 450 M | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a pod, glossy, flat, straight, strap-shaped, dehiscent, with long, slender beak on top, valves papery. Seeds 20-30, oblong-elliptic. |
| Habitat | Roadsides, Pastures, And Waste Places | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam,Aus¬tralia, Pacific Islands (Polynesia). | Bark Details | Smooth, Peeling Bark |
| Distribution in Haryana | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs, large, or small trees. Leaves with a clavate gland on rachis between each of lowest 2 pairs of leaflets. Stipules caducous, linear. Base broadly cuneate or subrounded, apex obtusely rounded or inconspicuously emarginate. Racemes in axils of leaves in upper part of branches. Sepals green to reddish brown, unequal, outer 2 suborbicular. Petals bright yellow, ovate or obovate, clawed. Stamens 10, all fertile, with short, thick filaments, lowest 2 with longer filaments.anthers subequal, opening by short, apical slits. Ovary hairy. Style glabrous. Fruit a pod, glossy, flat, straight, strap-shaped, dehiscent, with long, slender beak on top, valves papery. Seeds 20-30, oblong-elliptic. | Leaf Details | Leaves with a clavate gland on rachis between each of lowest 2 pairs of leaflets. Stipules caducous, linear. Base broadly cuneate or subrounded, apex obtusely rounded or inconspicuously emarginate. |
