Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american sicklepod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
avudham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biche manso	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
casse puante	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cassia	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cassia fétide	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cassia seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cassia seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
cassiae semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chakondaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chakragaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakramarda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chakramardaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakrapadmada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakravha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chakwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ciru takarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coffee-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dadrughna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dormidera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dormilón	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dridhabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dundu thangadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
edagaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
edahasti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ejotil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fedegoso	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
foetid cassia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gajakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandutagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gelenggang kechil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelenggang kecil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelenggang nasi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelenggang padang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelenggang sayor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
java bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
java-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jue ming	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jue ming zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
juemingzi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jyue ming zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kachang kota	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaskale	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ketepeng hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kharjjuana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mata pasto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mata-pasto	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
meshakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meshalochana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meshavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panevar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prabhunatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prapunnaada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
prapunnala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prapunnata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
praputatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prisnaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puadia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumariaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
punnata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punwad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
retama	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
sagace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakramardaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakramardakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen cassiae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
senavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sickle pod	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sickle senna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sickle-pod senna	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sicklepod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sicklepod senna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sirudagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sogase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sogata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taga	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagirise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tankli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantemu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantiyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taragasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarkila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarkina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarvata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uranakhyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uranaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanamavaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanavarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vimardaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vindu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyavartaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ケツメイシ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
决明子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
決明	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
決明子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, shoots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pods, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia obtusifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 377 (1753).
Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa: 304 (1922).
Cassia rogeonii Ghesq. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 238 (1934).
Cassia tora var. humilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 456 (1805).
Cassia toroides Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 96 (1828).
Emelista obtusifolia (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 127 (1838).
Senna tora var. obtusifolia (L.) X.Y.Zhu Legumes China: 32 (2007).
Senna toroides Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 341 (1824).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia obtusifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cassia obtusifolia L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cassia obtusifolia Linn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassia obtusifolia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassia obtusifolia Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Cassia obtusifolia Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Cassia tora L. var. obtusifolia L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin and Barneby.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.s. Irwin & Barneby	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Ir. & Barn.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Senna obtusifolia (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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