This is a perennial plant photo taken in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, but I have seen the same plant in Andhra Pradesh as well. It's not exactly woody like a tree, but pretty large shrub [taller than me].
What species is it?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is a perennial plant photo taken in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, but I have seen the same plant in Andhra Pradesh as well. It's not exactly woody like a tree, but pretty large shrub [taller than me].
What species is it?
Looks like a type of legume called a senna, though I do not know for certain which species -- see below for a pretty good guess!
Things that stand out about your specimen: most prominent are the erect/many-flowered yellow inflorescences, which are called racemes. You can see narrow green seed pods below your inflorescences as well -- these appear to be winged. Also noteworthy are the pinnately compound leaves with opposite leaflets having emarginate tips and entire margins -- I count 18-22 leaflets on leaves in your second image.
One such species that matches your specimen pretty well is Senna alata, the candelabra bush.
Credit: Marie Lacouture ; Source: TRAMIL Library
Although native to the Neotropics, iNaturalist shows many observations of this plant in India.
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