Cassia roxburghii DC | |
Fabaceae | |
Senkondrai | |
| Botanical Name | Cassia roxburghii DC |
| Synonyms | Cassia javanica .Sensu Bojer.; Cassia marginata. Roxb.; Cathartocarpus marginatus G. Don. |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Common Name | English : Red Cassia / Tamil : Senkondrai, Sivappu kondrai |
| Distribution | Global : India and Sri Lanka. Indian: Major parts of southern India |
| Description | : Deciduous tree up to 15m height, bark dark brown to black, vertical fissures present. Leaves paripinnate compound, alternate, stipulate, stipule ovate and lateral, petiole pulvinate, lamina elliptic to oblong, margin entire, apex obtuse. Inflorescence racemose. Flower pink, petamerous, zygomorphic, bisexual and perigynous, Calyx sepals 5, obtuse, green, petals 5, pink to rose, clawed and oblong. Stamens 10, arranged in 3 long filament, 4 medium sized filament and 3 short filament, anthers small. Ovary monocarpellary, half inferior, ovules many, style long. Fruit a pod, long indehiscence, black, seeds many, embedded in a dry pith. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | February - March / May - June |
| Uses | Ornamental tree in parks and gardens. |
| Medicinal Uses | Plant used as laxative and Purgative. It also used for skin diseases, ring worms and scabies. |
| Tamil Name | Senkondrai |