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Senna sophera
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna sophera (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 347. 1832; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 199. 2001; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 329. 2009.
Cassia sophera L., Sp. Pl. 379. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 262. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 401(284). 1919; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 144. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 166. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 145. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 21. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 117. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 122. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 199. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 258. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ponnanthakara, Ponnavirum
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Senna sophera, Pepper leaved Senna
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Description:
Shrubs or subshrubs to 2.5 m tall. Leaves 15-22 cm long; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 2.5-6 x 1-2.5 cm, lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; rachis bearing a clavate gland at base; stipules c. 6 mm long, ovate, caducous. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, 4-10-flowered, corymbose raceme. Flowers yellow; pedicels 0.8-1.4 cm long; bracts 4-5 mm long, ovate-acute. Sepals 5-6 mm long, ovate-obtuse. Petals yellow, 1-1.5 cm long, orbicular to obovate, obtuse. Stamens 10, the 3 lower with longer filaments. Pods 5-8 x 0.5-0.9 cm, linear-oblong, compressed. Seeds c. 4 x 3.5 mm, suborbicular, compressed, brownish.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along roadsides in forest areas, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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:
Yes
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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:
Vallakkadavu, Vallicode, Begur, on way to Kottiyur, Kumbla, Kasaragod, Kayamkulam, Vandalodu
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