- 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 arborea Macfad.; Cassia florida Vahl; Cassia gigantea Bertero ex DC.; Cassia siamea var. puberula Kurz; Cassia sumatrana Roxb. ex Hornem.; Chamaefistula gigantea (Bertero ex DC.) G.Don; Senna sumatrana (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 09/02/1980
- Collection Nos : KFP 12149
- Collection Locality : Devarayanadurga, Tumkuru district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Salem district
- Jharkhand :
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna siamea. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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