Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Senna spectabilis - (Dc.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby
Family Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name Goldern shower, Yellow shower
Habit Tree
Synonym Cassia amazonica Ducke
Habitat Planted
Color Of Flower Yellow
Key Characters Trees, stamens 7; pods thick, flowers in large panicles, leaflets acute.
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Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
Class :
Polypetalae
Series :
Calyciflorae
Order :
Rosales
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Plant Description
Tree upto 10 m tall; bark brown, smooth; branches erect, terete; leaves alternate, paripinnate, leaflets 6-8 pairs, elliptic, acute at apex, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; petiole and rachis glandular; stipules curved at base; flowers bright yellow in large, erect, terminal panicles; sepals 5, unequal, ovate, concave, imbricate; petals 5, subequal, ovate to oblong, clawed, imbricate; stamens 7 perfect, 3 undeveloped or staminodes, all yellow; ovary stipitate, many ovuled, style curved, stigma simple; pods 10-20 cm, cylindric, torulose, smooth, many seeded. |
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