• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Species : Cassia surattensis
• Synonym : Cassia suffruticosa Roth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
• Common name : Sulphur flowered Senna
• Vernacular name : Adavi thangadi (Kan.); Thagarai (Tam.); Kondatangedu, Mettangedu (Tel.)
• Collection Nos : KFP 4311
• Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath & S.R.Ramesh
• Collection Date : 14/11/78
• Collection Locality : Sandur Hills, Bellary district, Karnataka State
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Key identification features : Leaves are with clavate glands between the leaflets. Bracts are reflexed, ovate to acuminate. Flowers are bright-yellow and large. Fruit is flat, strap-shaped.
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Native : South-East Asia, Malesia
• Comments : Occasional in plains above 300 m to hills of the ghats. Also planted in gardens.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• World Distribution : India, South China, South-East Asia, Malesia, Formosa, Australia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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 surattensis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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