Cassia occidentalis L. Link - septicweed
Cassia occidentalis L. Link - septicweed
Cassia occidentalis L. Link - septicweed
MS050 : Cassia occidentalis L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 175 |
| Synonym | : | Senna occidentalis (L.)Link.;
Cassia caroliniana Walter;
Cassia ciliata Raf.;
Cassia falcata L.;
Cassia foetida Pers.;
Cassia laevigata Sensu auct.;
Cassia macradenia Collad.;
Cassia obliquifolia Schrank;
Cassia occidentalis var. arista Sensu Hassk., non DC.;
Cassia occidentalis var. aristata Collad.;
Cassia planisiliqua L.;
Ditramexa occidentalis Britton & Rose.;
Ditremexa occidentalis (L.)Britton & Wilson.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chakwar, Coffee Senna, coffeeweed, Negro coffee • Hindi: Kasunda, Bari kasondi • Marathi: ran-takda, kasivda, kasoda, rankasvinda • Tamil: Nattam takarai, Payaverai • Malayalam: Mattantakara • Telugu: Thangedu • Kannada: Kolthogache • Bengali: Kalkashunda • Oriya: Kasundri • Urdu: Kasonji • Assamese: Hant-thenga • Gujarati: Kasundri • Sanskrit: Kasamarda, Vimarda, Arimarda |
| Plant Family | : | Caesalpiniaceae / Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect subshrubs up to 2 m tall. Leaves up to 22 cm long; leaflets 4-5 pairs, 2.5-7 x 1.5-3.5 cm , ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous or pubescent; rachis to 18 cm long with a sessile, hemispherical gland at base; stipules 4-7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous. Flowers c. 2 cm across, in terminal and axillary racemes, to 3 cm long; pedicels 0.8-1.2 cm long; bracts linear-lanceolate. Sepals 6-10 mm long, ovate, obtuse, mucronate. Petals 5, yellow, 1-1.5 cm long, obovate. Stamens 10, unequal, only 7 fertile. Pods 5-9 x 0.6-0.8 cm, linear, compressed. Seeds 20-25, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, ovate or suborbicular, compressed, brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Mostly around villages on manurial heaps and along road sides |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases; The whole plant is diuretic, febrifuge, stomachic and tonic. It is used in the treatment of hypertension, dropsy, diabetes, fevers, biliousness, rheumatism, ringworm and eczema. The plant is boiled and gargled for treating throat troubles. Applied externally, it is pounded and mixed with wood-ash and rubbed on areas of leishmaniasis and eczema. The root is cholagogue, emetic and purgative. An infusion is used in the treatment of bilious fever, ordinary fever, stomach-ache, and to ease menstruation. A tincture of the root is rubbed onto rheumatic areas. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: apigenin; emodin; Beta-glucopyranoside; chrysolein acid; linoleic acid; linolenic acid; oleic acid; campesterol; helminthosporin; islandicin; xanthorin; N-methyl morpholine; tannic acid; toxalbumin; aloe-emodin; bianthraquinone; chrysophanol; dianthronic heterosides; rhein; potassium chelidonate; chrysophenol; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Aloe-emodin; Tannic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://bioinfo.bisr.res.in/project/domap/plant_details.php?plantid=0061&bname=Cassia%20occidentalis
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Coffee%20Senna.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245215
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Senna+occidentalis
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http://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2016/vol5issue3/PartD/5_3_15_495.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Cassia |
| Species | : Cassia occidentalis L. Link - septicweed |