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Senna occidentalis - Kasamarda

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Kasamarda, Senna occidentalis

Kasamarda is a leafy, malodorous annual to shrubby plant that can grow up to 2 metres tall but is usually smaller. The plant is often annual, at least in seasonal climates. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use, whilst the seed is sometimes used as a coffee substitute. The plant is sometimes cultivated for medicinal purposes.

Uses

Poisoning, Throat infection, Cough and cold, Asthma, Skin disorders [1]

Parts Used

Root, Leaves, Seeds

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada aanesogate, anechagate, dodda thagache, elevure
Hindi bari-kasondi, chakunda
Malayalam karintakara, mattantakara, payavera, ponnaviram
Tamil kattuttakarai, narattantakarai, nattavarai, peravarai, ponavarai, thagarai
Telugu eddhukommaku, kasinda, kasivindam
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit arimarda, dipana, jarana, karkasha, kasaghna, kasamarda, vimarda
English Coffee Senna

[2]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vata, Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pinnate alternate Leaves up to 22 cm long; leaflets 4-5 pairs, 2.5-7 x 1.5-3.5 cm , ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous or pubescent; rachis to 18 cm long with a sessile, hemispherical gland at base; stipules 4-7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual axillary and terminal racemes Yellow 10 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.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A Pod 5-9 x 0.6-0.8 cm linear, compressed seeds 20-25, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, ovate or suborbicular, compressed, brown. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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