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Habit :<br />

Stem :<br />

Leaves :<br />

Flowers :<br />

Fruits :<br />

Seeds :<br />

68<br />

A diffuse, erect, annual or perennial herb.<br />

Up to 1 m high, pubescent.<br />

Leaves 4-10 cm long, with a concave gland just<br />

below the lowest pair <strong>of</strong> leaflets; upper surface<br />

<strong>of</strong> rachis usually serrate-or crenate between the<br />

leaflets; leaflets generally 30-50 pairs, crowded,<br />

overlapping, linear-oblong, rigidly coriaceous,<br />

2-9 mm long and 0.5-2 mm wide, apex acute,<br />

mucronate.<br />

Yellow, solitary or in groups <strong>of</strong> 2-3, axillary.<br />

Cassia mimosoides L.<br />

Common Name : Feather-leaved cassia<br />

<strong>Family</strong> : Fabaceae<br />

Pods flat, linear or linear-oblong, moderately<br />

pubescent, dehiscent, about 3.5 cm long and 0.6<br />

cm wide.<br />

Brown, rhombic, 2-4 mm long and 1-2 mm<br />

wide.<br />

<strong>Weed</strong> ID Manual

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