Pradeep Kishen in his book 'Trees of Delhi" has provided the keys to
the common species of ornamental Cassias. You may refer to it.
Nevertheless, many species of Cassias are being introduced, which look
similar but when one looks into floral characters they differ. This
particular species(un-identified) is one such example. Furthermore,
many of the species (same) would slightly differ in the colour of the
inflorescence depending on the localities (For e.g Chennai species
may look slightly different in Mysore). Thus creating further
confusion. Meanwhile, I will try to look out for the keys for the
ornamental species.
On Jul 24, 10:25 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I agree with Mahadeswara ji ...
> because based on this one picture I could not diagnose this as
> cassia javanica..
> anatomy of the flower cluster is not that of any C. javanica I have
> seen ..
>
> In this one picture (its very spectacular as a mom and pop picture,
> but gives only
> limited scientific information) ... the medallion like inflorescence
> reminds me of
> a yellow flowered cassia... *Cassia pentaphylla * ... but that's just
> form gross visual
> memory of a popular street trees from southern california...
>
> I have not studied the taxonomy of it..
>
> if this is a pink flowered cousin of c. pentaphylla I'll be very
> happy to know...
>
> IS THERE A KEY TO CLASSIFYING CASSIA??? Garg ji or Gurucharan ji or
> Mahadeswara ji???
>
> Thank you...
>
> Usha di
> ======
>
> On Jul 24, 10:10 am, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Please send the close up of the flowers showing floral details
> > ( Calyx, corolla, stamens and ovary) for proper identification. The
> > photographs of ornamental Cassias are often deceptive.
>
> > On Jul 23, 11:47 pm, "Aarti S. Khale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Taken at Pune, Maharashtra on the 16th of June, 2007.
> > > A tree around 15-20 feet in height, cultivated in a private garden.
> > > Kindly id.
> > > Regards,
> > > Aarti
>
> > > DSCN4139-Cassia.JPG
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