Description

Tanner's Cassia is the state flower of  Telangana. It occurs in the dry regions of India and Sri Lanka. It is common along the sea coast and the dry zone in Sri Lanka. It grows mostly in India in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In Malayalam it is called 'Avara' is the official flower of Telangana And dense peaks. The elliptical leaves are similar in shape to those of the same genus. Flowers dark brown, dark yellow. The fruit is an 11 cm long pea. 12 - 20 nuts in it. A solution of flowers soaked in water at a dose of 0.45 g / kg body weight can be used as an antidote. Studies in diabetic rats using a solution of flower powder soaked in a solution of water and alcohol in equal proportions have shown that the N-butanol component in the flowers acts as an antidote. Experiments with flowers soaked in solutions of ethanol and methanol have shown that they contain anti-aging antioxidants. In experimental rats, a solution of the juice of the leaves at a dose of 250 mg per kilogram of body weight is recommended for the treatment and prevention of liver disease caused by alcohol.

Characteristics:

is a branched shrub with smooth cinnamon brown bark and closely pubescent branchlets, growing upto 1-1.5 m high. It has a smooth reddish brown bark. It has many ascending branches and 8-10 cm long pinnate leaves. There are 8-12 pairs of leaflets, each 2-3 cm long. Bright yellow flowers appear in recemes at the end of branches. The flowers are 4-5 cm across. Upper three stamens are reduced to stamenoides. Fruit is a 7-12 cm long, flat brown pod. Its flowers are irregular, bisexual, bright yellow and large (nearly 5 cm across), the pedicels glabrous and 2.5 cm long. The racemes are few-flowered, short, erect, crowded in axils of upper leaves so as to form a large terminal inflorescence stamens barren; the ovary is superior, unilocular, with marginal ovules. The fruit is a short legume, 7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad, oblong, obtuse, tipped with long style base, flat, thin, papery, undulately crimpled, pilose, pale brown. 12-20 seeds per fruit are carried each in its separate cavity.

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