Herbarium JCB

Cassia sophera L.

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Cassia sophera
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senna sophera (L.) Roxb.
Vernacular name : Kasondi, Kasaunda, Baski-kasunda (Hin.); Alemuruga, Kasamarda (Kan.); Ponnavarai (Tam.); Pydi tangedu, Kenda-kashinda (Tel.); Ghodachakunda (Ori.); Kasamarda (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-278
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 02/01/16
Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Margins of dry deciduous forest
Key identification features : A erect shrub with alternate compound leaves. Leaflets are linear and pointed. Flowers are about 2.5 cm across on a few-flowered inflorescence. Flowers are in axillary, short, corymbose racemes. Fruit is a flat, long pod.
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : July-January
Comments : Common along road sides of ghats and near village habitations.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Kandhamal district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Pantropical
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108�ï�¾�6121
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cassia sophera. Downloaded on 6 July 2025.