Herbarium JCB

Cassia absus L.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Cassia absus
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chamaecrista absus (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Common name : Hairy Cassia
Vernacular name : Chakshushya (San.); Chakur, Chaksu, Banar (Hin.); Kadu huliga (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2437, KFP 10518, CS 1843
Key identification features : An undershrub with attractive flowers. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, often with glands on petiole. Petals are pink. Stamens are nearly 10. Anthers dehisce by apical pores. Ovules are many. Pod is flat and transversely septate.
Habit : Herb
Native : Africa
Comments : Occasional in wastelands and along roadsides.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bidar, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara