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Senna timoriensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Senna timoriensis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 98. 1982; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 220. 2001.
Cassia timoriensis DC., Prodr. 2: 499. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 263. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 402(285). 1919; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 22. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 118. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 122. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 113. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Limestone Cassia
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets pubescent, angled. Leaflets 4-5 x 1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic, apex mucronate, base slightly unequal; petiole 2.5 cm, stipules large cordate, acuminate. Racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves; peduncles 10 cm; flowers yellow; sepals 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate, hairy; petals 2 x 1 cm, veined; stamens 6-7 antheriferous, staminodes 4-3, various in length. Pod flat, stipitate, pubescent when young, transversely septate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wet places in moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to North Australia
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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:
Ichampetty, Thekkady, Kulathupuzha
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