• 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 auriculata L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.
• Common name : Tanner's Cassia, Eared Senna, Tanner's senna, Styptic weed
• Vernacular name : Tarwar (Hindi); Olle thangadi, Honambre gida (Telugu); Aavarai, Avaram (Tamil); Nelatangedu, Kondatangedu, Thangedu (Telugu); Aavartaki (Sanskrit); Tarwad (Marathi); Aviram, Avarampoovu, Aaveram, Ponnavara, Uorathakara
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests, plains and roadsides
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, cultivated in other tropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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.
• 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 auriculata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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