Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna sophera (L.) Roxb. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
african senna	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
alloori gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amperuntakarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bas-ke-kasondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bas-ki-kasunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baskikasondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cassia coromande-liana	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
centakarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centakaraicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
condakashinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culalavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culalavirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cularai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutalavirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutaravirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekahuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elabadige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elavarige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalaakaasa vindaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaasamarda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaasamardakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapikantacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapikantavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamadakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamarda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamardah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamardaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamardakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasamardhakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasaripu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasaundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasodi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kasunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommukasinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konda kasinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondakashinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondakasinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulakaasina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maikkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalalvirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalamattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanamatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitty kashinda koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noothikashinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuti-kashindha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nutikasinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paidi tangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paidi-tangaedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paiditangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paidithangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepper-leaved senna	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pera-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peravirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peria thagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peria-takanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periya takarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periya-takarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyadagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyadutangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponaverie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponna-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnaavaarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ponnam-tagera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnam-takara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnamtagera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnamtaghara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnantagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnantakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnavirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnaviram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pontakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponthakaram	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pounantakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulipam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulippavirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulippaviraicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pydeetanghedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-tankala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rantankala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranthankala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rawasan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senna	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sophera senna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sularai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvarnamayahari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagara-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagirise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talapota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uru thora	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
vamacukkilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yela huri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ඌරු තෝර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
茳芒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茳芒决明	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Leaves, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, seed, bark, root, heartwood		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia canca Cav. Descr. Pl.: 132 (1801).
Cassia esculenta Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 31 (1814), nom. nud.
Cassia frutescens Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Cassia geminiflora Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 26 (1819), nom. illeg.
Cassia linearis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 261 (1803).
Cassia occidentalis var. glabra DC. Prodr. 2: 497 (1825).
Cassia patula Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 51 (1789).
Cassia proboscidea Pollard Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 281 (1896).
Cassia sophera L. Sp. Pl.: 379 (1753).
Cassia sophera var. ligustrinoides Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 533 (1871).
Ditremexa sophera (L.) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 372 (1924).
Senna sophera var. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) V.Singh J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 16: 600 (1992).
Cassia aegyptiaca Willd. Enum. Pl.: 442 (1809).
Cassia atroviridis Span. Linnaea 15: 201 (1841).
Cassia chinensis Jacq. Collectanea 1: 64 (1787), nom. illeg.
Cassia coromandeliana Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 67 (1809).
Cassia indica Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 126 (1811).
Cassia lanceolata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 456 (1805), nom. illeg.
Cassia ligustrina Forssk. ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 533 (1871), nom. illeg.
Cassia occidentalis var. sophera (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 170 (1891).
Cassia purpurea Roxb. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 856 (1825).
Cassia robinioides Willd. Enum. Pl.: 443 (1809).
Cassia ruscifolia Jacq. Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: t. 71 (1783).
Cassia socotrana Serrato Webbia 26: 27 (1971).
Cassia sophera var. penghuana Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 12(4): 76 (1979).
Cassia sophera subsp. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Bennet Fl. Howrah Distr.: 184 (1979).
Cassia sophera var. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 248 (1845).
Cassia sophera var. torulosa Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 533 (1871).
Cassia sopheroides Collad. Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses: 133 (1816).
Cassia torosa Cav. Descr. Pl.: 131 (1801).
Cassia torulosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 127 (1811).
Chamaefistula chinensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 452 (1832).
Chamaefistula coromandelina (Jacq.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 452 (1832).
Chamaefistula sophera (L.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 452 (1832).
Chamaefistula torosa (Cav.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 452 (1832).
Octelisia aurea Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 130 (1838).
Senna esculenta Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 346 (1824).
Senna lanceolata Link Handbuch 2: 140 (1831).
Senna occidentalis var. sophera (L.) X.Y.Zhu Legumes China: 29 (2007).
Senna officinalis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 312 (1791).
Senna purpurea Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 342 (1824).
Senna socotrana (Serrato) Lock Kew Bull. 43: 340 (1988).
Senna sophera var. penghuana (Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu) S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 4: 309 (2022).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia canca Cav.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia esculenta	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cassia frutescens Miller'	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia geminiflora Shrank	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia linearis Michaux	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia occidentalis ? glabra DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia patula Aiton	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia proboscidea Pollard	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia sophera	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cassia sophera (L.)Roxb. ligustrinoides Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia sophera 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) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cassia sophera Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Ditremexa sophera sensu Britton & Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Senna sophera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Senna sophera (L.) Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna sophera (L.) Roxb. var. purpurea (Lindl.) V. Singh	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna sophera (L.)Roxb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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