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[[File:RoyalPoinciana.jpg|thumb|right|''Senna tora'', '' Caesalpinioideae'']]
Cassia tora or Senna tora (originally described by Linné as Cassia tora) is a legume in occurs throughout the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Its name has been derived from Sinhala languagetropics, in which it is called Tora. In including India Sri Lanka it and Philippines. Cassia tora is easily found in many placesan important medicinal plant of Ayurveda. It is often confused with Chinese senna or sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia. If it known as Chakramarda and Dadrughna due is given a distinct common name at all, it is called sickle wild sensitive-plant or sickle sennadue to its therapeutic efficacy to treat ringworm.
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