Image: Senna alexandrina Mill.-Cassia angustifolia L. (Senna Plant)
Description: Family: Caesalpinaceae Local name: Senna; Sunamukhi (Telugu) Distribution: Found in India. Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore district. The dried leaves and pods are used as laxative. Because of over exploitation it is rarely found in wild. 30-50cm long herbs. Leaves unipinnately compound. Flowers in axilary racemes. Pod a compressed legume. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
Title: Senna alexandrina Mill.-Cassia angustifolia L. (Senna Plant)
Credit: Senna alexandrina Mill./Cassia angustifolia L. (Senna Plant)
Author: Lalithamba from India
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