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Senna septemtrionalis var. septemtrionalis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna septemtrionalis (Viv.) Irwin & Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 365. 1982, var. septemtrionalis; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 187. 2001.
Cassia septemtrionalis Viv., Elench. Pl. (Viviani) 14. 1802.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattukonna
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Hedionda-macho, Hill Cassia, Smooth Senna, Wild Senna
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Description:
Shrubs, 1-2 m high, glabrous. Leaves alternate, rachis (including petiole) 8-15.5 cm long; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 3.5-9 x 1.5-3.5 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, glabrous, prominently nerved; petioles 1.5-5 cm long, grooved, glabrous; petiolules 1-2 mm long; stipules ca 7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, glabrous. Glands present between all or sometimes all except between the upper most pair of leaflets, 1.5-3 mm long, shortly stipitate, cylindric, fusiform or clavate-oblong, obtuse. Flowers in axillary or terminal, 5-10 cm long corymbs; peduncles 2-4 cm long; pedicels 1.8-2.5 cm long; bracts linear, acute, caducous; bracteoles lacking. Sepals 6-10 mm long, oblong to ovate, unequal, obtuse, glabrous. Petals yellow, 1-2 cm long, sessile, ovate-sub-orbicular. Fertile stamens 7; two anthers ca 7 mm long, shortly falcate, on longer filaments; 4 anthers smaller, straight, on rather short filaments; 1 anther very small and narrow; all anthers sagittate at base, dehiscing by apical pores; staminodes 3, anther-like. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma subapical, punctiform. Pods 6-11 x 1-1.5 cm, linear-oblong, flat, transversely septate between the seeds, thin-walled, 40 to 50-seeded, tardily dehiscent along one suture; seeds 6-8 mm long, ovate, subcompressed, narrowed and notched at hilum, 2-seriate; areole absent; albumen copious.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown along fences in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of tropical Africa, introduced elsewhere
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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:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam, Devicolam-Munnar road
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