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.