Naturalised
Annual herb or subshrub ; up to 90 cm high , glabrous . Stems erect , smooth , glabrous , green , sparsely hairy . Leaves alternate , paripinnate ; leaflets 2-4 pairs , 1 . 5-4 . 5 x 1 . 5-2 . 5 cm , opposite , obovate , base somewhat oblique , apex obtuse , pubescent below ; stipules 1-1 . 5 x 0 . 1- 0 . 2 cm , linear . Inflorescences in few-flowered axillary racemes ; pedicels 4-6 mm long . Flowers yellow , bisexual , zygomorphic ; sepals 5 , obovate-obtuse , 5-6 mm long ; petals 5 , pale yellow , obovate-obtuse , 8-12 mm long ; stamens 10 , unequal ; ovary subsessile , pubescent ; ovules numerous . Fruit pod , 8-14 x 0 . 3-0 . 6 cm , flattened or four angled , sickle shaped , indehiscent , 30–50-seeded . Seeds 4-5 mm long , oblong , compressed , chestnut-brown . (Ref . https://indiabiodiversity . org) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cassia tora L.
Chamaecrista tagera (L.) Standl.
Chamaefistula contorta (Vogel) G.Don
Diallobus tora (L.) Raf.
Emelista tora (L.) Britton & Rose
Glycyrrhiza kansoo Siebold
Tagera filiformis Raf.
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Sickle Pod
Sickle Senna
Sickle Wild Sensitive-Plant
Tora
Coffee Pod
Foetid Cassia
Stinking Cassia
Chinese Senna
Java Bean
Low Senna
Peanut Weed
Not used traditionally. However, the vernacular name 'duger athern' literally means "Hyena bean", as an indication of being an unpalatable weedy plant.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://indiabiodiversity.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
