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Senna occidentalis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna occidentalis (L.) Link, Handb. 2: 140. 1831; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 170. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 108. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 329. 2009.
Cassia occidentalis L., Sp. Pl. 377. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 262. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 401(284). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 97. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 162. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 144. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 165. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 145. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 221. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 182. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 19. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 166. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 117. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 163. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 107. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 235. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 122. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 113. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 199. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 256. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karinthakara, Mattanthakara, Nathramthakara, Peyaviram, Ponnari, Ponnariveeram, Ponnionthakara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Coffee-senna, Fetid senna, Negro coffee, Septicweed
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Description:
Erect subshrubs up to 2 m tall. Leaves up to 22 cm long; leaflets 4-5 pairs, 2.5-7 x 1.5-3.5 cm , ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous or pubescent; rachis to 18 cm long with a sessile, hemispherical gland at base; stipules 4-7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous. Flowers c. 2 cm across, in terminal and axillary racemes, to 3 cm long; pedicels 0.8-1.2 cm long; bracts linear-lanceolate. Sepals 6-10 mm long, ovate, obtuse, mucronate. Petals 5, yellow, 1-1.5 cm long, obovate. Stamens 10, unequal, only 7 fertile. Pods 5-9 x 0.6-0.8 cm, linear, compressed; seeds 20-25, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, ovate or suborbicular, compressed, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along roadsides and waste lands
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Distribution:
Native of South America; naturalised in Asia
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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:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Chinnar, Thekkady, Thunakkadavu, Adoor, Tolpetty, Manantody, Pappinisseri, Taliparamba, Bhavani river bank, Walayar, Kasaragod, Alappuzha beach, Kayamkulam, Nellikuth, Karimpuzha, Thenmalai, Vandalodu
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