Senna tora (L.) Roxb.

 
  • Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
  • Basionym : Cassia tora L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senna tora (L.) Roxb.
  • Common name : Foetid Cassia, Sickle pod, Ring worm plant, Sickle Senna, Wild Senna
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chakunda, Panevar (Hindi)
    • Thagache, Chagache (Kannada)
    • Oosithagarai, Tagarai (Tamil)
    • Tantemu, Tantipu, Tella kasirya, Chena kasivinda (Telugu)
    • Chakunda, Dhola chakunda (Oria)
    • Chakra marda (Sanskrit)
    • Takla, Tarwad (Marathi)
    • Chakramandarakam, Thakara, Ponthakara (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also Low lying places and roadsides.
  • Comments / notes : In plains to 1400m. In low-lying fields, river banks and wasteland. A characteristic foetid smell when the plant is broken.
  • Key identification features : Woody stem with long curved pods; leaflets 3-pairs; gland appendge between leaflets in rachis
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Prakasam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Anantapur district
    • Telangana : Khammam district
    • Karnataka : Bellary district
    • Kerala : Mananthavady (Tholpetty), All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Kandhamal district, Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Native : Belize, El Salvador
  • World Distribution : India, Africa, Arabia, Pakistan, East wards to Polynesia
  • 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
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna tora. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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