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[[File:RoyalPoincianaChakunda (Hindi- चकूंदा) (1251136006).jpg|thumb|right|''Senna tora'', '' Caesalpinioideae'']]
'''Senna tora''' occurs throughout the tropics, including India Sri Lanka and Philippines. Cassia tora is an important medicinal plant of Ayurveda. It is known as Chakramarda and Dadrughna due is due to its therapeutic efficacy to treat ringworm.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Stomach painStomachache}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Oedema}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Glaucoma}}, {{Uses|Nyctalopia}}, {{Uses|Leucoderma}}. ===Food===Senna tora can be used in Food. Young leaves are cooked as vegetable. Seeds are used in curry and are roasted for use as a substitute for coffee.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
Vatadosha
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Senna tora Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-E and C; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|SimplePinnate|alternate|Unifoliolate, 3-foliolate, pari- or imparipinnate or bipinnately compound, then pinnae with one to numerous pairs of leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247039185_Volatile_oils_leaves_of_Bauhinia_Fabaceae_Caesalpinioideae "chemistry"Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Leguminosae_(Caesalpinioideae).htm "plant Plant descrption"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://ajaytaobotanicalblogpfaf.wordpress.comorg/taguser/caesalpiniaceae-pea-familygulmohar-familyPlant.aspx?LatinName=Senna+tora Cultivation details]</ ref><ref name="growing Forest foods of CaesalpinioideaeWestern Ghat"]>"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.136, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
