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Taxon:
Senna auriculata
(L.) Roxb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
313459
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:349. 1832
Verified:
03/14/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia auriculata
L.
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Reference(s)
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds.
1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 3:62-63.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson.
1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
Lock, J. M.
1988.
Cassia
sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
Lock, J. M.
1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Sanjappa, M.
1992. Legumes of India
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
Watson, J. F.
1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Matara-tea –
Reference(s)
tanner's cassia –
Reference(s)
India
avarum –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere in tropics, possibly native e. Africa
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in tropics, possibly native e. Africa)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food
beverage base
as substitute for tea
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
Lock, J. M.
1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
=
Cassia auriculata
L.
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds.
1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 3:62-63.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References