• Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Basionym : Cassia sophera L.
• Synonym(s) : Cassia sophera L.; Cassia purpurea Roxb. ex Lindl.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senna sophera (L.) Roxb.
• Common name : Foetid Senna, Senna sophera, Pepper leaved Senna
• Vernacular name :
  • Kasondi, Kasaunda, Baski-kasunda (Hindi)
  • Alemuruga, Kasamarda (Kannada)
  • Ponnavarai (Tamil)
  • Pydi tangedu, Kenda-kashinda (Telugu)
  • Ghodachakumda (Oria)
  • Kasamarda (Sanskrit)
  • Junglitakla (Marathi)
  • Ponnanthakara, Ponnavirum (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub or small Tree
• Habitat : Road sides, Margins of Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common in road sides of district of Andhra Pradesh as well as south India
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 01/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-278
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
  • West Bengal : West Bengal
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
• Native : Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108–6121
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 177-178
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna sophera
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna sophera. Downloaded on 5 February 2026.

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India Distribution

World Distribution