Cassia siamea Lam.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
  • Species : Cassia siamea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  • Common name : Siamese Tree Senna
  • Vernacular name : Manja konnai, Sinnakennai, Kassod, Seemalauari (Tam.); Seema tangedu (Tel.)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Native : South-east Asia
  • Comments : Occasional in plains to 1400 m. Planted in gardens.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Widely planted in the tropics
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cassia siamea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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