- Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
- Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
- Basionym : Cassia alata L.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
- Common name : Candle Cassia, Candle Bush, Carrion Crow Bush, Candlesticks, Empress candle plant, Ringworm Cassia, Winged Senna
- Vernacular name : Dadmurdaare, Dadmari (Hindi); Aane thagathe (Kannada); Vandu raali, Seematyagatthi (Tamil); Dadrughana (Sanskrit); Chakrathakara, Elakayam, Malamthakara, Puzhukkadikonna, Puzhukkadithakara, Seema-agathi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Along riversides and margin of ponds and also planted in gardens
- Comments / notes : In plains, often along water courses, near cultivation and also near habitations. Sometimes planted in gardens as an ornament.
- Key identification features : Large shrub or small tree; stipules persistent and deltoid
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Native : South America
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna alata. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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