Senna occidentalis

• Botanical Name : Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
• Synonyms : Cassia occidentalis L.
• Common Name : Sundaro, Kasundaro, Kasundari, Vadisunari, Coffee Senna, Coffee Weed
• Plant Family : Caesalpiniaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4-6, 10-17, 21-23, 27, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van

About Senna occidentalis Plant :

• Habit : An erect glabrous shrub or undershrub, usually annual.
• Leaves : Paripinnate, leaflets 3-5 pairs, with a globose sessile gland inserted on the petiole below the leaflets.
• Inflorescence : Racemes
• Flowers : Yellow in colour.
• Fruit :
  • Pods 10-14 cm long, glabrous, sutures very clear, the faces dark brown when ripe, the sutures lighter in colour.
  • Seeds 20-45.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : Throughout the year.
• Significance :
  • All parts of the plant are used for various medicinal purposes.
  • The whole plant is purgative and febrifuge.
  • The leaves are used in skin affections as an external application.
  • The roots are diuretic.