Forest Flora of Hyderabad State - by M Sharfuddin Khan
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Botanical Name - Caesalpinieae

----- Calyx of 5 more or less connate sepals. Petals 5 or less imbricate, quire free, slightly unequal, the posterior or odd petal innermost. Stamens 10 or fewer, free or more or less onnate.

Leaves ample, abruptly bipinnate. Calyx-disk sub-basal
----- Sepals imbricate. Sutures of pod not winged. ............................ ... (22) CAESALPINIA.
Sepals valvate. Unarmed trees. Pod thin, flat. .................................... ... (23) POINCIANA.
Spinous tree pod turgid, monili-form. ................................................ ... (24) PARKINSONIA.
Leaves simply pinnate. Calyx-tube short. Disk
----- sub-basal. Petals. Stamens unequal and partly imperfect. .......... ... (25) CASSIA.
Petals none. Perfect stamens 10. ...................................................... ... (26) HARDWICKIA.
Leaves equally pinnate. Disk at the top of a prolonged calyx-tube.
Petals 3-5. Stamens monodelphous, only 3 developed. ..................... ... (27) TAMARINDUS.
Leaves simple, mostly deeply 2-lobbed. ........................................... ... (28) BAUHINA.