Herbal Garden (MuligaiVanam)

Botanical Name : Cassia auriculata Linn.
Tamil Name : Avaram
Sanskrit Name : Aveeram
English Name : Tanner’s Cassia

Dr. A. Abirami
Programme Officer
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre
Chennai

Distribution and Habitat
Cassia auriculata L. is a shrub which belongs to the family Fabaceae and is found in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It grows in the wild in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It is also extensively cultivated in dry and warm places. It can thrive on dry stony hills, on black soils, along the road side, in degraded forests, waste land, railway embankments (Kheem and Singh, 2016). It is a perennial plant growing to a height of about 2 to 4m. The stem is strong, brown in colour with several branches. Leaves alternate, 6-8 cm long, leaflets 6-8 pairs, oblong to elliptic-oblong, each 1.5-3 x 0.5-2 cm, stipulate, flowers yellowish, 5 cm across. The fruit is a pod, long and dehiscent.

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