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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Senna	Species: Senna occidentalis (Linn.) Link( कसुंडा, कसौंद )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia occidentalis Linn., Cassia foetida Pers., Cassia obliquifolia Schrank, Cassia falcata Linn.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Kasunda, Kasaunda	Flower Type	Corymb
English / Trade Name	Coffee-senna, Fetid Senna, Septicweed	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Kasunda, Kasaunda	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up To 1200 M	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Pods linear, compressed. Seeds ovate or suborbicular, compressed, brown
Habitat	Along Roadsides And Waste Lands, Pastures, Grasslands, Open Woodlands, Coastal Environs And Crops In Tropical, Subtropical And Semi Arid Regions	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Australia, Southern And Eastern United State Of America And Eastern Africa	Bark Details
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Erect small shrub, upto 2 M tall. Leaf compound, alternate, leaf lets 4-5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, base Rounded, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous or pubescent, rachis with sessile, hemispherical gland at base. Stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous. Flowers Cin terminal and axillary racemes, pedicelate; calyx ovate, obtuse, mucronate. petals 5, yellow, obovate. Fruit a pod linear, compressed. seeds ovate or suborbicular, compressed, brown	Leaf Details	Leaf compound, alternate, leaf lets 4-5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, base Rounded, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous or pubescent, rachis with sessile, hemispherical gland at base. Stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous.

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