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Taxon:  Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
313459
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:349. 1832
Verified:
03/14/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia auriculata L.

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  3. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds. 1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 3:62-63.
  6. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
  7. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
  8. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  9. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  11. Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
  12. Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products
Common names
English
Matara-tea –
tanner's cassia –
India
avarum –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in tropics, possibly native e. Africa
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropics, possibly native e. Africa)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodbeverage baseas substitute for teaDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
Materialstannin/dyestuff Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Materialstannin/dyestuff Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Cassia auriculata L.
Materialstannin/dyestuff Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds. 1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 3:62-63.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313459. Accessed 23 May 2025.