Trees & Plants

Foetid Cassia

Vaththiyara

Senna tora (L.) Roxb.

Fairly common in open areas EUQEEFAR .M/OAF The tender shoots and leaves are good vegetables . The leaves and seeds are useful in leprosy, ringworm, flatulence, colic, constipation, cough and cardiac disorders. The plant is used as a natural pesticide and its powder is most commo

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uses: The tender shoots and leaves are good vegetables . The leaves and seeds are useful in leprosy, ringworm, flatulence, colic, constipation, cough and cardiac disorders. The plant is used as a natural pesticide and its powder is most commonly used in the pet food industry. on × in
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Cassia tora L., Cassia borneensis Miq. in
description: Annual subshrubs. Leaves pinnate, to 15 cm long, leaflets 2-4 pairs, × 1.5-4.5 1.5-2.5 cm, cylindric gland on the rachis between the leaflets of the lower 2 pairs; obovate-oblong, apex obtuse, base oblique, pubescent below; stipules linear. Flowers ca. 1.5 cm across, in few-flowered axillary racemes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow, 8-12 mm long, obovate-obtuse. Stamens 10, unequal, only 7 fertile. Ovary subsessile, × pubescent; ovules numerous. Pods 8-14 0.3-0.6 cm, linear, subtetragonous, septate between seeds; seeds 20-30, compressed, oblong, brown.
native range: South America
distribution: Th roughout the tropics
english names: Foetid Cassia · Ring worm its plant · Sickle senna
flowering fruiting: August - January
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in open areas EUQEEFAR .M/OAF