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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Senna	Species: Senna tora (Linn.) Roxb.( पनवार )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia tora Linn., Cassia gallinaria Collad., Cassia numilis Collad.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Pot cassia, Stinking cassia, Chinese senna	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Foetid cassia, The sickle senna, Wild senna	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Panwar	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1400m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit subtetragonal, apiculate, 10 – 15 x 0.5 cm, sutures broad, 30 – 35 seeded. Seeds brown – shining
Habitat	Commonly found in forming gregarious patches in waste places, road sides, crop fields	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Throughout India, Africa, Arabia, Pakistan, Eastwards to Polynesia, Native of America	Bark Details	The outer surface of stem bark is greenish brown in colour. the fissures were v shaped. The inner surface is smooth and light yellow coloured
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Annual undershrubs, to 1 m high, with flexuous stem. Leaves 6 – 8 cm long,leaflets 3 – 5 pairs, ovate – oblong, 2 – 5 x 1.5 – 2.5 cm, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous above, hairy beneath. Petioles 3 – 4 long, with subulate glands between the leaflets. Stipules linearsubulate, caducous. Flowers in axillary pairs, shortly pedunculate, bracts linear. Stamens 6- 7, 3 – upper reduced to staminodes. Pods subtetragonal, apiculate, 10 – 15 x 0.5 cm, sutures broad, 30 – 35 seeded. Seeds brown shining	Leaf Details	Leaves 6 – 8 cm long,leaflets 3 – 5 pairs, ovate – oblong, 2 – 5 x 1.5 – 2.5 cm, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous above, hairy beneath. Petioles 3 – 4 long. Stipules linearsubulate, caducous

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