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Senna auriculata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2:349. 1832; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 119. 2001; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 328. 2009.
Cassia auriculata L., Sp. Pl. 379. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 263. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 402(284). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 180. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 14. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 111. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aviram, Avarampoovu, Aaveeram, Ponnavara, Uorathakara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tanner's cassia, Tanner's senna, Styptic weed
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaflets to 2 x 1 cm, oblong-obovate or elliptic, shortly acuminate, pubescent, gland opposite the leaflets, stipitate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, stipules 1 cm, lunate, auricled. Corymbs axillary and terminal; peduncle 2 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow; larger sepals 1.5 x 1 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse, outer smaller; petals 3-3.5 x 2 cm, ovate, orbicular, clawed; stamens 7 fertile and 3 staminodes. Pod flat, pubescent, mucronate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar; cultivated in the tropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Walayar
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