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Sickle sena, foetid cassia |
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| Halbi Name | Torata lata |
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| Vernacular name | Charota, Pammar | |
| Scientific name | Cassia tora Linn. | |
| Family | Caesalpiniaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | It is annual herb, branches, glabrous. | |
| Leaves | 6 foliate, leaflets in three opposite pairs, obovate-obtuse, cuneate below, thiny carioceous, glabrous above, fine pubescent below. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Bright yellow in axillary, few-flowered clusters. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Pods long, narrow cylindrical upto 15 cm long, seeds are oblong with numerous | |
| Habitat and distribution | Fallow land and wasteland | |
| Flowering and fruiting | August to November | |
| Associated with | Wasteland flora | |
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