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Cassia occidentalis

(Common name:- Coffee senna)

Classification

• Kingdom- Plantae
• Family- Leguminosae
• Genus- Cassia
• Species- C. occidentalis

Coffee senna is a plant that is naturalized in most parts of tropical South America and Amazon.

History

Coffee senna is a plant that is naturalized in most parts of tropical South America and Amazon.

It is also indigenous to Brazil and areas with warmer climates like south, north and Central America.

Coffee senna has a long history when it was used for various things. But specifically it is used as medicinal herb in many parts of world.

Plant Description

Cassia occidentalis is tropical annual plant and having leathery compound leaves. This plant grows upto 6 inches tall.

This herb has large seed pods which are dark brown and slightly curved containing number of seeds.

The seeds are olive brown and sometimes used as substitute of coffee.

Cultivation

Cassia is frequently naturalized in all parts of tropical America and usually found as weed in waste lands and dry areas.

Parts Used

Roots, leaves and seeds.

Constituents

The chief constituents in this herb are achrosine, aloe-emodin, anthraquinones, anthrones, apigenin, aurantiobtusin, campesterol, cassiollin, chryso-obtusin, chrysophanic acid, chrysarobin, chrysophanol, chrysoeriol, emodin, essential oils, funiculosin, galactopyranosyl, helminthosporin, islandicin, kaempferol, lignoceric acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, mannitol, mannopyranosyl, matteucinol, obtusifolin, obtusin, oleic acid, physcion, quercetin, rhamnosides, rhein, rubrofusarin, sitosterols, tannins, and xanthorin.

Uses

• A clinical research has reported that coffee senna have many properties as anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, insecticidal and anti-malarial.
• All the parts of this plant are used as an effective herb by rainforest and tropical countries for centuries.
• The decoction of the roots in Peru is taken to cure fever and also considered diuretic.
• The seeds are used in coffee like beverage to relieve asthma patients.
• In Brazil, the roots are used to treat various ailments such as fever, tuberculosis, anemia, liver and menstrual problems.
• The crushed leaves of this herb are used to make tincture which can be applied externally on skin disorders, wounds, fungus and as anti-inflammatory herbal medicine.

Names

• CHINESE: Wang jiang nan, Wang jiang nan jue ming.
• ENGLISH: Antbush, Coffee senna, Negro-coffee, Stinkingweed.
• FRENCH: Bentamaré(Wolof - Sénégal), Bonne casse (Sénégal), Pois-puant, Café bâtard,
• Casse-café, Casse puante, Herbe puante (Creole - Caribbean), Séné d'occident.
• GERMAN: Kaffeekassie.
• HAUSA: Raiídor.
• NEPALESE: Kasaudi, Panvar.
• SPANISH: Bicho, Brusca, Frijolillo, Guanina.
• SWAHILI: Mwengajini (Kenya), Mwengia (Dem. Rep. Congo).
• THAI: Chumhet lek, Lang khet, Khet.