<p>Family: Caesalpinaceae
Local name: Senna; Sunamukhi (Telugu)
Distribution: Found in India. Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore district. The dried leaves and pods are used as laxative. Because of over exploitation it is rarely found in wild. 
30-50cm long herbs. Leaves unipinnately compound. Flowers in axilary racemes. Pod a  compressed legume. 
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Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &amp;A.S Rao
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