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Leguminosae
Senna surattensis (Burm. f.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
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Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub Distribution notes: Exotic
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Global Distribution
Native of South East Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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Perennial, Trees, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nec tary glands on petiole, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Anthers opening by basal or terminal pores or slits, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11 -many seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Rights holder/Author | Compiled from several sources by Dr. David Bogler, Missouri Botanical Garden in collaboration with the USDA NRCS NPDC |
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"Shrubs; branchlets ribbed, thinly pubescent. Leaves alternate rachis(including petiole) 8-20 cm long, ribbed; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 2-5 x 0.8-2 cm, strongly accrescent, elliptic or oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, oblique at base, discolourous, glabrous or pubescent beneath, 2-3 times as long as broad, secondary veins 6-9 pairs; petioles 2-4 cm long; stipules upto 1.5 cm long, linear-ensiform, inflexed, pubescent, subpersistent. Glands 1-2.4 x 0.3-0.7 mm, cylindric-subclavate, stipitate, between lower 1 to 3 pairs of leaflets. Racemes 5 to 20-flowered, in the axils of upper leaves, corymbose; peduncles 2.5-8 cm long; pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm long, thinly pubescent; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 2-7 x 1-2.7 mm, acute-acuminate, reflexed, persistent upto anthesis, with 2 subclavate glands. Sepals obtuse, pubescent outside in bud, outer 2 half the length of inner ones, inner ones 5-8 mm long. Petals 0.8-2.5 cm long and about as wide, yellow. Stamens 10, subequal, all fertile; anthers with narrow and deflexed top, dehiscing by apical pores and lateral rims. Ovary stipitate, silky hairy; style 1.5-3 mm long, pubescent; stigma punctiform. Pods 4-10 x 0.8-1.8 cm, strap-shaped, flat, thin-valved, sepatate, dark brown; seeds 10-13, brown, 5-7 x 2.5-4 mm, oblong, narrowed at hilum end, blackish, shiny; areole 2.5-4 x 1.2-1.8 mm, oblong, on both flat faces."
Occasionally cultivated
Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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