Banar / Hairy Cassia
Chamaecrista absus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Banar
Identify Banar by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hairy pods and stems.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Banar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chamaecrista absus
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Abundant in disturbed grounds in deciduous forests, also degraded forests and plains
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Banar itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Banar itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Banar, Bankultthi, Chaksi
- Bengali
- Chaksi, Benar
- Tamil
- Edikkol, Karunganam, Kattukkol
- Telugu
- Chanupala-vittulu
- Kannada
- Adavihuli, Kaadu huliga, Kannu kutukana beeja
- Malayalam
- Karin-kolla
- Marathi
- Chamada, Kankuti
About Banar
Hairy Cassia (Chamaecrista absus) belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and 6 other states. It grows in abundant in disturbed grounds in deciduous forests, also degraded forests and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Banar belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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