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Taxon:  Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.



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)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  2. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  3. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  4. Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds. 1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 3:62-63. http://proseanet.org
  5. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  6. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
  7. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  8. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983 Note: = Cassia aauriculata L.
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  10. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992 Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  11. Watson, J. F. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. 1868
  12. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Matara-tea –
tanner's cassia –
India
avarum –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    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
Environmental
Human food
beverage base (as substitute for tea fide Leg WorldEc) –
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (fide F Ceylon; Leg Africa; Pl Res SEAs 3:62. 1991) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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