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Botanical Name: Senna tora
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: टाकळा
Etymology - Genus: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Etymology - Species: *
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: Goa, Vetal Hill, Taljai Hill
Description: Native annual herb.Petiolate unipinnate leaf with slim, curved stipule. Stacked gland on rachis between lowest leaflet pair, none on petiole.Paripinnate, 3 pairs of variable size leaflets, with groove on rachis.1-3 Yellow flowers appear on axillary stem.Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens in three sets of varied length. Style is light green, curved.Rather long pods, cylindrical and curved.Seeds are stacked in pod in a tight row, sort of a cylinder cut at an angle.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Native annual herb.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Pulvinus
Stipules: Free curved
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Paripinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Petiolate unipinnate leaf with slim, curved stipule. Stacked gland on rachis between lowest leaflet pair, none on petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Lanceolate
Lamina Bases: Rounded to acute or oblique
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Mucronate
Lamina Texture: Soft
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Paripinnate, 3 pairs of variable size leaflets, with groove on rachis.
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: 1-3 Yellow flowers appear on axillary stem.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: 5 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Basifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Free stamens
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Filament is straight, less than 1 cm. Stamens in three sets of varied length. Style is light green, curved.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Rather long pods, cylindrical and curved.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method:
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Seed Description: Seeds are stacked in pod in a tight row, sort of a cylinder cut at an angle.
