Senna tora Plant:
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is experimenting with the removal of a potential new species of invasive plant Senna tora that has begun emerging in parts of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).
- Senna tora Plant is a native species of Central America.
- It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
- It is emerging in drier areas and germinates after the southwest monsoon and gradually withers by the end of the year.
- It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR)is located in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu state at the tri-junction of three states, viz, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- The name Mudumalai means the ancient hill range because it is as old as 65 million years when the Western Ghats were formed.
- It has a common boundary with Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary(Kerala) on the West, and Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Karnataka) on the North.
