Cassia pumila Lam.
Common Name : Dwarf cassia
Family : Fabaceae
HABIT |
A PROSTRATE, SUBERECT OR ERECT HERB. |
STEMS |
NUMEROUS, SPREADING, 30 CM
LONG; BRANCHES SLENDER, CLOTHED WITH WHITE HAIRS. |
LEAVES |
LEAVES 2-5 CM LONG, RACHIS HAIRY, COMMON PETIOLE 3-4 MM LONG
WITH A STALKED GLAND ON THE PETIOLE BELOW; LEAFLETS 10-20 PAIRS, 6-13 MM LONG
AND 2.5-3 MM WIDE, LINEAR-OBLONG, VERY UNEQUAL-SIDED, APEX ROUNDED AND
APICULATE, NERVES CONSPICUOUS BENEATH. |
FLOWERS |
YELLOW, USUALLY SOLITARY OR
2-3 TOGETHER, SUPRAAXILLARY; PEDICELS VERY SHORT AND SLENDER. |
FRUITS |
PODS 2.5-3.8 CM LONG AND
0.4-0.5 CM WIDE, WITH OBLIQUE PARTITIONS BETWEEN THE SEEDS, LINEAR, FLAT,
GLABROUS OR WITH A FEW SCATTERED HAIRS. |
SEEDS |
BROWN, OBOVOID-CUNEATE,
COMPRESSED, RECTANGULAR, SHINY. |