Cassia hirsuta L.
Cassia hirsuta L.
Cassia hirsuta L.
Cassia hirsuta L.
MS099 : Cassia hirsuta L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 16 |
| Synonym | : | Senna hirsuta (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby.;
Cassia caracasana Jacq.;
Cassia tomentosa Arn.;
Cassia venenifera G.Mey.;
Ditremexa hirsuta (L.)Britton & Wilson.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Woolly Cassia • Manipuri: Thounam • Mizo: Rulchuk domdawi • Oriya: Bada chakunda • Tamil: Malaiyavarai, Malaiyavaram |
| Plant Family | : | Caesalpiniaceae / Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect undershrubs, densely hirsute all over. Leaves to 18 cm long, usually with 3-5 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 3.5-6 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, base rounded, apex acuminate, silky hairy on both sides; rachis 8-12 cm long, a large black gland on the rachis just below the lowest leaflets; stipules 5-8 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Flowers yellow, c.1.5 cm across, in axillary and terminal few-flowered racemes; pedicels 1-1.4 cm long; bracts linear. Sepals 5, 5-8 mm long, oblong, densely hairy without. Petals 5, 0.8-1 cm long, obovate, obtuse. Stamens 10 , unequal, 6 or 7 fertile. Ovary 2-2.5 mm long, tomentose; ovules many; style glabrous. Pods 10-15 x 0.6-0.8 cm, linear, subterete, curved, densely hirsute. Seeds many, c. 3 x 2.5 mm, orbicular, compressed, light brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Semadoh |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are used medicinally for treating kidney disorders and herpes. An infusion is an effective remedy for renal calculi. An infusion of the leaves is applied externally to treat skin disorders and cracked nipples. The root is tonic. A tincture of the root is rubbed onto rheumatic areas. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: benzyl benzoate; alpha-cadinol; 2,5-dimethoxy-p-cymene; beta-caryophyllene; phytol; pentadecanal; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Caryophyllene; Alpha-cadinol; Beta-caryophyllene; P-cymene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245219
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Senna+hirsuta
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29347835
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Cassia.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11086879
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0972060X.2011.10643995 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Cassia |
| Species | : Cassia hirsuta L. |