• 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 siamea Lam.
• Synonym(s) : Cassia florida Vahl
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
• Common name : Siamese Tree Senna, Ironwood tree, Siamese senna
• Vernacular name : Manja konnai, Sinnakennai, Kassod, Seemalauari, Manjakonnai (Tamil); Seema tangedu (Telugu); Manjakonna (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Planted and self sown
• Comments / notes : Occasional in plains to 1400m. Widely cultivated
• Key identification features : Moderate-sized tree
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Salem district
• Native : Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : SE. Asia, Widely planted
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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., 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 siamea. Downloaded on 3 July 2025.

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