Senna sophera (L.) Roxb.
| Synonym : | Cassia canca Cav. Cassia esculenta Roxb. Cassia sophera L. Chamaefistula sophera G.Don Ditremexa sophera (L.) Britton & Wilson |
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| Bangla Name : | kalkasunde, Chhoto Kalkesunde, Jhigni. ,Moitarabek, Cajah she (Marma). |
| English Name : | Senna Sophera. |
| Family : | Caesalpinaeae |
| Disease : | Ringworm, asthma, bronchitis, hiccup, gonorrhea, sores,diabetes, ringworm, pityriasis and psoriasis. |
| Description : | A diffuse undershrub, 2.4-3 m high. Leaves compound, 18-23 cm long, leaflets 6-10 pairs, 3.8-6.3 cm long, lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Flowers in axillary, short, few flowered, corymbose racemes. Petals 5, 1.3 cm long, ovate, obtuse, yellow. Pods 7.5-10 cm long, thick, slightly recurved, somewhat turgid. |
| Distribution : | All over the country in roadsides and fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain a flavanol-C-glycoside and sennosides. Root bark contains anthraquinones, chrysophanol and physcion and ?-sitosterol. Heartwood contains chrysophanol physicon, chrysophanic acid, emodin, sopheranin, quercetin and ?-sitosterol. Flowers conta |
| Uses : | The plant is credited with the same properties as C. occidentalis. Leaf juice is specific for ringworm, used in asthma, bronchitis and hiccup. Infusion of the leaves is useful in gonorrhoea and syphilitic sores. Bark, leaves and seeds are used as a cathar |
| Habit : | Under shrub |