English Name- Sicle pod, foetid cassia- cassia tora, senna tora- chakvatThis weed is native to India. The weed sicle pod(cassia tora) is also found in Myanmar, China, central America.
This weed is a member of fabaceae plant family. This is a small fetid herb. The leaves are paripinnate, leaflets are in 3 pairs and obovate –oblong. The flowers bloom in August to September. The flowers in axillary pairs are yellow in colour with five petals. The pos is long and slender. Four sided sharp pointed has 20-30 seeds.
Usage_
The tender leaves can be cooked as vegetable. The seeds are used for Ringworms and other skin diseases. Some times seeds are used as coffee beans.( cassia tora is different from cassia used in spices.)
Known as an other laungages-
Hindi Name-puvad,chakvad
Marathi Name-Takla, Ttarota
Gujrathi Name-kuvadio
Bengali Name-chakunda
Kannada name-Takrike
Tamil Name-Tagare, vindu
Malyalam Name-Takar
Telugu Name- Tantyamu ,tagarish
Sanskrit Name-shakramard
Botanical Name-cassia tora,senna tora.
*************************************