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Senna montana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna montana (Heyne ex Roth) V. Singh, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 16: 600. 1992; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 154. 2001.
Cassia montana Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 214. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 264. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 402(284). 1919; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 18. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 119. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 107. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 122. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattavara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs to small trees, young shoots yellow tomentose. Leaves to 18 cm long; leaflets oblong, obtuse mucronate, base rounded, to 3 x 1.2 cm. Flowers 2.5 cm across, yellow, in axillary and terminal short corymbose panicles. Petals obovate. Stamens 10, upper 3 staminodes. Fruit compressed, beaked; seeds ca. 20, ovoid, longitudinal.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along riverbanks
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kallar, Koruthode, Vandalodu
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