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Chamaecrista pumila (Lam.)K.Larsen

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista pumila (Lam.)K.Larsen [Preferred name]
    Cassia prostrata Roxb. {Synonym}
    Cassia pumila Lam. {Synonym}
    Senna prostrata Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Chota Aura [3378]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3366]; Cambodia (N) [1935]; China (N) [3407]; Guangdong [3407]; Yunnan [3407]; East Timor (N) [3911]; India (N) [3017, 3020, 3024, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3113, 3140, 3366, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3378, 3384, 3387, 3584, 3609]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3609]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3024]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1936, 3911]; Jawa (N) [3911]; Laos (N) [1935]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3911]; Pakistan (N) [2021]; Thailand (N) [2002]; Vietnam (N) [1935]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 1917, 2002, 3911]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3366]; Laccadive Is (I) [3366]; Maldives (I) [3366]; Nicobar Is (I) [3366]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1935, 2002, 2021, 3001, 3372, 3375, 3378, 3391, 3407, 3629, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [1935, 2002, 3391]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3911] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3911], Shrub [3911] ; Lifespan: Annual [3581] [3911], Perennial [3911] ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1924, 1936]; Medicine [3034]; Weed [2002]

  
NOTES:
  Common all over Thailand, but not as common as C.mimosoides. [2002]
  Perhaps C.kleinii Wight & Arn. belongs here. [2002]
  Singh published the new combination in Chamaecrista before Larsen did. [3995]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

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    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1917.

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1924.

  Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
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1935.

  Larsen, K. et al, 1980
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18.A.

1936.

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

2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2021.

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

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
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3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
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3024.

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3391.

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3407.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
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3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3609.

  Singh, M.P., 1986
    Flora of Patna (Dicotyledons). New Delhi.

3629.

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

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3911.

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

3995.

  Singh, V., 1992
    Journ.Econ.& Tax.Bot.16(3):599-600
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