Senna occidentalis (L.) LinkAccepted Name
Synonym: Cassia occidentalis L. (Widely used by many)
Family: Leguminosae / Caesalpinaceae
Arabic : كاسيا غربية
Assamese: Hant-thenga
Bengali: Kalkashunda কলকাসুন্দা
Burmese : Ka.sau.poap, Sham:ka.sau., Sham:ka.zau, Tan.kywè:kri:.
Chinese : 望江南 Wang jiang nan, 望江南決明 Wang jiang nan jue ming.
Czech : Kasie západní.
Danish : Negerkaffe, Neger-kaffe.
English : Antbush, Coffee senna, Mogdad coffee, Negro-coffee, Stinkingweed.
Estonian : Läänekassia .
French : Bentamaré(Wolof - Sénégal), Bonne casse (Sénégal), Pois-puant, Café bâtard, Casse-café, Casse puante, Herbe puante (Creole - Caribbean), Séné d'occident.
German : Kaffeekassie.
Gujarati: Kasundri
Hausa : Raiídor.
Hindi: Kasunda, Bari kasondi
Japanese : ハ ブソウ , はぶそう , 波布草.
Kannada: kakke gida, Doddatagassa
Korean : 강 남차 Gang nam cha, 석결명 Seok gyeol myeong, 석결명풀 Seok gyeol myeong pul.
Malayalam: Naattu Takara, Ponnaviram, ഊളൻ തകര
Marathi: ran-takda, kasivda,
Nepalese : Kasaudi, Panvar.
Oriya: Kasundri
Portuguese : Balambala, Café-negro, Folha-do-pajé, Fedegoso-verdadeiro, Ibixuma, Lava-prato, Mangerioba, Mamangá, Mata-pasto, Maioba, Pajamarioba, Pereriaba, Taracurú.
Russian : Кассия оциденталис, Кассия западная, Сенна западная.
Sanskrit: Kasamarda, Vimarda, Arimarda
Sinhalese : Pani thora.
Spanish : Bicho, Brusca, Frijolillo, Guanina.
Swahili : Mwengajini (Kenya), Mwengia (Dem. Rep. Congo).
Tamil: Nattam takarai, Payaverai, Ponnavirai, Paeyaavarai, Thagarai
Telugu: కసింత Kasintha, Kolla dalasari aaku, Pedda tagarisa
Thai : Chumhet lek, Lang khet, Khet.
Urdu: Kasonji
Vietnamese : Cây muồng hòe, Muồng hòe, Muồng tây.
Some other vernacular names: FG Creole: cafe zerb pian, digo, indigo, indigo cafe. Guyana: cafie balli, mayamal, wild coffee. Guyana Carib: tumuka. Surinam: spookerwt, spookerwten. Surinam Saramaccan Bush Negro: misi konde owi. Surinam Sranan: jorkapesi.
Ayurvedic uses: Purgative, diuretic, febrifugal, expectorant, stomachic. Leaves—used internally and externally in scabies, ringworm and other skin diseases. A hot decoction is given as an antiperiodic. Seeds— used for cough, whooping cough and convulsions. Roasted seeds (roasting destroys the purgative property) are mixed with coffee for strength.
The pods contain sennosides and anthraquinones; seeds polysaccharides, galactomannan; leaves dianthronic hetroside; pericarp apigenin; roots emodol; plant xanthone—cassiolin; seeds phytosterolin; flowers physcion and its glucosides, emodin and betasitosterol. The volatile oil obtained from the leaves, roots and seeds showed antibacterial and antifungal activity.
The seeds, when fed to animals, resulted in weight loss and also were found to be toxic to experimental animals. Leaves are preferred to quinine as a tonic, seeds are considered as a haemateinic toxic and root is used as a hepatic tonic.
USES: Whole plant: Decoction for hypertension, diabetes, biliousness and fever; grippe, thrush; boiled and gargled for throat trouble; pounded and mixed with wood-ash and rubbed on areas of leishmaniasis and eczema. Used for coughs and colds and for “lining cold” (puerperal fever) in NW Guyana. Root: Tincture rubbed onto rheumatic areas; decoction for a purgative and emetic; infusion for cholagogue and skin diseases. Infusion for bilious fever, ordinary fever, stomachache, and to ease menstruation. Tea made from roots and dried flowers is used for colds and upset stomach. Used for diarrhea in NW Guyana. Leaf: Remedy for renal calculi. Leaves are made into a tea for treating afterbirth problems. Used for treating fevers, coughs and colds, headaches, hemorrhage and thrush in NW Guyana. Flower: In a preparation to reduce stomach acid in children. Seed: Dried, pulverised and roasted as a coffee substitute, and for use as a febrifuge. Infusion is drunk to calm one's nerves. In NW Guyana, used for treating kidney problems, hemorrhage, worms, and cleaning womb and tubes in NW Guyana. Part unspecified: Used by the Surinam Saramaccan as an ingredient in a curative herbal bath. (Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)
Ayurvedic uses: Purgative, diuretic, febrifugal, expectorant, stomachic. Leaves—used internally and externally in scabies, ringworm and other skin diseases. A hot decoction is given as an antiperiodic. Seeds— used for cough, whooping cough and convulsions. Roasted seeds (roasting destroys the purgative property) are mixed with coffee for strength.
The pods contain sennosides and anthraquinones; seeds polysaccharides, galactomannan; leaves dianthronic hetroside; pericarp apigenin; roots emodol; plant xanthone—cassiolin; seeds phytosterolin; flowers physcion and its glucosides, emodin and betasitosterol. The volatile oil obtained from the leaves, roots and seeds showed antibacterial and antifungal activity.
The seeds, when fed to animals, resulted in weight loss and also were found to be toxic to experimental animals. Leaves are preferred to quinine as a tonic, seeds are considered as a haemateinic toxic and root is used as a hepatic tonic.
USES: Whole plant: Decoction for hypertension, diabetes, biliousness and fever; grippe, thrush; boiled and gargled for throat trouble; pounded and mixed with wood-ash and rubbed on areas of leishmaniasis and eczema. Used for coughs and colds and for “lining cold” (puerperal fever) in NW Guyana. Root: Tincture rubbed onto rheumatic areas; decoction for a purgative and emetic; infusion for cholagogue and skin diseases. Infusion for bilious fever, ordinary fever, stomachache, and to ease menstruation. Tea made from roots and dried flowers is used for colds and upset stomach. Used for diarrhea in NW Guyana. Leaf: Remedy for renal calculi. Leaves are made into a tea for treating afterbirth problems. Used for treating fevers, coughs and colds, headaches, hemorrhage and thrush in NW Guyana. Flower: In a preparation to reduce stomach acid in children. Seed: Dried, pulverised and roasted as a coffee substitute, and for use as a febrifuge. Infusion is drunk to calm one's nerves. In NW Guyana, used for treating kidney problems, hemorrhage, worms, and cleaning womb and tubes in NW Guyana. Part unspecified: Used by the Surinam Saramaccan as an ingredient in a curative herbal bath. (Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)
217 Published articles of Senna / Cassia occidentalis
