Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Senna | Species: Senna floribunda (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby |
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| Synonym | Cassia floribunda Cav. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Golden Showy Cassia | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 900-2500 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit 6-10 cm long, 12-15 mm broad, c. 50 seeded, glabrous |
| Habitat | An ornamental plant | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Indigenous to America from Mexico to Brazil | Bark Details | Smooth glabrous bark |
| Distribution in manipur | , Central, Eastern, Jiribam | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub or small tree 1.5-4 m tall, stipules linear, falcate, 8-9 mm long, caducous, petiole 1.5-5 cm long, rachis 6-12 cm long, clavate or conical gland between all or all except the upper pair of petiolules | Leaf Details | Leaves: petiole and rhachis 6,5-10 (-19) cm long: stipules linear, acute, up to 10 mm long, 1-1,5 mm wide, glabrous caducous; petiole (2,5-)3-4,5 cm long including basal pulvinus, petiolar gland lacking; rhachis channelled adaxially, with a sub-sessile cylindric, elliptic or obovate, dark gland between each pair of leaflets, or sometimes excluding the uppermost; leaflets in (2-)3-4 pairs, elliptic or ovate, (2,5-)5-7,5(-10,5) cm long (l,5-)2-3,5 cm wide |
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