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Senna alata
SEN-nuh -- Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
a-LAY-tuh -- meaning, winged
commonly known as: candle bush, candlesticks, large-leafletted eglandular senna, ringworm shrub •
Hindi: एड़गज ergaj, प्रपुन्नाड prapunnad •
Kannada: ಸೀಮೆ ಅಗಸೆ sime agase •
Malayalam: ആനത്തകര aanattakara, മലന്തകര malamtakara, ശീമ അഗത്തി seema agatti, പുഴുക്കാടിത്തകര puzhukkadittakara •
Marathi: शिमई अगसे shimai agase •
Sanskrit: एडगजः edagaja, प्रपुनाल prapunal, उरभ्रः urabhrh, उरणक्षकः uranakshaka •
Tamil: சீமையகத்தி cimai-y-akatti, வண்டுகொல்லி vantu-kolli •
Telugu: అవిచిచెట్టు avicicettu, మెట్టతామర metta-tamara, సీమ అవిసె siima avise, తంటెము tantemu •
Urdu: ايڙگج ergaj
Native to: tropical South America (the Amazon rainforest); naturalised elsewhere in tropics
References:
Flowers of India •
Rain Tree •
Top Tropicals •
M.M.P.N.D. •
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