Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Polypetalae |
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Series |
Calyciflorae |
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Order |
Rosales |
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Family
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Caesalpiniaceae |
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Genus
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Cassia |
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Species
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surattensis |
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Botanical name:
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Cassia surattensis Burm.f. ( C. glauca Lam.) |
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Local/Trade Names: |
Scrambled Egg Bush |
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Conservation status: |
Commonly cultivated. |
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Digonestic features:
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Shrub; pods flattened. |
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Description: |
Large shrub or small tree. Leaves 15-22 cm long; leaflets 4-6 pairs, 3-9 cm long, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex broadly acute or obtuse. Flowers 5-6 cm in diameter, bright yellow, in axillary peduncled corymbs. Pods 10-20 cm long, flat, thin. Seeds flattened, many. |
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Phenology: |
Fls.: Cold season. Frts.: Feb.-May. |
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Distribution: |
Indigenous to parts of India and Australia. |
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Where to see it: |
Medicinal Plant Garden and Nursery. |
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Uses: |
Ornamental in garden and roadsides. |
