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Senna auriculata (L.)Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna auriculata (L.)Roxb. [Preferred name]
    Cassia auriculata L. {Synonym}
    Cassia densistipulata Taub. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aval [3391]; Avaram [1902, 3391]; Styptic Weed [3391]; Tanner's Cassia [1960, 3391]; Taroda [3391]; Tarval [3391]; Tarwar [3643]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [107]; Sudan (U) [106]; Tanzania (U) [106]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
India (N) [106, 1944, 3015, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3097, 3366, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3378, 3391, 3392, 3587, 3623, 3911]; Andhra Pradesh [3015]; Bihar [3587]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3391]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3391]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3097]; Orissa [3391]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3392]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [1936, 3911]; Myanmar (N) [106, 1914]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [106, 2023, 3911]; Taiwan (I) [3407]
  Indian Ocean
Maldives (N) [3076, 3617]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]
  Middle East
Yemen (I) [1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [11];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 1936, 2021, 2023, 3391, 3407, 3629, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [3629]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3911] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [3911], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [3911] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Chemical products [121, 2023, 3391]; Domestic [1960]; Environmental [1960, 3391, 3911]; Fibre [3391, 3629]; Food and Drink [2023, 3034, 3391]; Medicine [121, 3030, 3114, 3391, 3629, 3635, 3636]; Miscellaneous [3034, 3391]; Toxins [3034]

  
NOTES:
  Only cultivated in Mlalysia. [3911]
  Native to India and Sri Lanka. [3898]
  Possibly no longer found on Mauritius. [1915]

  
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8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

107.

  Ross, J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

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  Watt, J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M, 1962
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1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
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1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1936.

  De Wit, H., 1955
    Webbia 11: 197-292. A revision of the genus Cassia...

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

1960.

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2021.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan, No.54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac

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  Naskar, K., 1993
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3391.

  Singh, V., 2001
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3407.

  Chen, P.Y., 1988
    Erythrophloeum &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Legum. 1)

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3617.

  Kumar, S., 1997
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot.21:381-391. Preliminary observations...

3623.

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    Flora of Palghat Distr. including Silent Valley Nat.Park.

3629.

  Singh, V., 1979
    Bull.Bot.Surv.India 18:85-101. Taxonomic study of Cassia...

3635.

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3636.

  Subramanian, K.N. et al., 1987
    Flora of Palghat. Dehra Dun.

3643.

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    Flora of Tonk District, Rajasthan. Howrah.

3898.

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    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3911.

  DeWit, H.C.D., 1955
    Webbia 11:197-292.Revision of Gen. Cassia as occ.in Malaysia

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