Botanical Name

Senna auriculata

Family

Fabaceae

Sanskrit name

Aavartaki

English name

Tanner's Cassia

Hindi name

Tarwar 

Kannada name

Honnarike

Habit

Shrub

Habitat

Degraded forests, dry deciduous forests.

Habitat

Woodland and grassland.

Plant Description

It is a branched shrub, with smooth reddish-brown bark. It has many ascending branches and pinnate leaves. Bright yellow flowers appear in racemes at the end of branches. The flowers are 4-5 cm across. Fruit is a flat brown pod.

Distribution

South East Asia

Part used

Root, flower, seeds

Medicinal Use: Root - used in a decoction for.

Seeds used to cure eye diseases, gonorrhoea and gout.

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Medicinal uses

fevers, diabetes, diseases of the urinary system and constipation. Leaves have laxative properties. The dried flower and flower buds are used .as substitute

Ecological Significance

It is used for re-vegetating soil erodedlands.Effective in reclaiming sodic soils which have been dressed in gypsum.