Senna auriculata

• Botanical Name : Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.
• Synonyms : Cassia auriculata L.
• Common Name : Tanner's Cassia, Aawal, Aaval
• Plant Family : Caesalpiniaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 11, 22, 25
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Sarita Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van

About Senna auriculata Plant :

• Habit : A much-branched shrub.
• Leaves : Paripinnate, leaflets 8-12 pairs, each pair with an erect, linear gland between them, oblong, obovate, obtuse or emarginated, mucronate, base rounded, stipules large, leafy, obliquely cordate, reflexed.
• Inflorescence : Axillary corymbose racemes.
• Flowers :
  • Large, showy, yellow, bracteates, bracts ovate.
  • Calyx segments concave, petals 5, long-clawed, crisp-margined, veined with orange.
  • Stamens 10, the 3 upper sterile.
• Fruit : Pods flat, thin, papery, oblong, obtuse, depressed between the seeds.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : All round the year.
• Significance :
  • The seeds are used in ophthalmia.
  • The bark is very useful in tanning.