Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Cassia kleinii Wight & Arn.
Vernacular name: Klein's Dwarf Senna
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: India and Sri Lanka
Flowering and Fruiting: November-March
Key identification features: Prostrate herbs, puberulus. Flowers axillary, 1-3, yellow; Pod flat, hairy, thickened on the sutures.
Uses:
Root extracts are taken orally in diabetes.
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