Senna tora Chakramarda Chakoda | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Senna tora

Scientific Name and Description

Senna tora (L.) Roxb

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Cassia tora L. [ = Senna tora (L.) Roxb.]

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	चौड़ा (Chauda), सोनपाटी (Sonaphati)
Tamil	அக்கதளி (Agathelli)
Telugu	తగర గురివింద (Tagara Gurivindha)
Marathi	घोरटे (Ghorate)
Common names	Sickle Senna, Devil's Weed, sickle pod, tora, coffee pod, foetid cassia.
English	sickle senna, sickle wild sensitive-plant, Ringworm plant.

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Emodin

Phytoconstituents

Leaves - Anthraquinone glycosides (chrysophanol, rhein, emodine, physion, Obtusin, chryso-obtusin, chryso-obtusin-2-O-β-D-glucoside, obtusifolin and chrysoobtusifolin-2-O- β -D-glucoside) and Flavonoids.
Leaves & Seed - Amino acids, fatty acids, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, emodin, rhein and sitosterol.
Stembark - 3,5,8,3’,4’,5-hexahydroxy flavone, hydroxycoumarin, auraptenol, euphol, basseol, emodin, rhein, palmatic, isostearic, behenic acids, ethyl arachidate and 𝝱-sitosterol
Seeds - Emodin, chrysophanol, physion, rubrofusarine, two glycosides namely 8-Hydroxy-3-methyl anthraquinone -1- β –gentiobioside & rubrofusarin -6- β -gentiobioside and sitosterol.
Seed oil - Palmitic, stearic oleic, linoleic and lignoceric acids
Flower - Kaemferol glucoside
Root - Methylanthraquinone-1-𝝱-gentiobioside,a naptho-𝝰-pyrone, physcion, rubrafusarin, its 6-𝝱 –gentiobioside, toralactone 1, 3, 5- trihydroxy-6, 7-dimethoxy-2-methylanthraquinone, 𝝱-sitosterol, leucopelargonidin3-0-𝝰-L-rhamnopyrnoside

Source: World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Volume 9, Issue 15, 1427-1435.

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Cassia tora Caesalpiniaceae Seed Panwar Paste of roasted and powdered seed is applied on ringworm, eczema and scabies.

Cassia tora Linn. Charota Fabaceae Herb Leaf Anthraquinones, Chrysophanol, Emodin, Obtusifolin, Obtusin, Chrysoobtusin, Aurantio-Obtusin.

Senna tora (L.) Roxb

Habit - Herb

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Typhoid; leprosy and ulcers; skin diseases; eczema; snake bite; diarrhoea; antibacterial; insecticidal; wormicidal; indigestion; ringworm; laxative

Treatment - General

References - Bhat et al. 2014, Hebbar et al. 2004, Pushpangadan and Atal 1984