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Cassia tora

Scientific Name
Cassia tora
Family Name
Fabaceae
Common Names
Ringworm plant
Local Names
Panwarh (India), Gin-gangnamcha (Korea), Peti thora (Sri Lanka), Thảo quyết minh, muồng lạc, đậu ma, muồng đồng tiền (Vietnam)
Description
An annual erect herb. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 6, hairy, ovate, acute and an awl shapedyellow gland between the two lowest pair of leaflets. Flowers yellow in pairs on short,axillary stalks. Stamens 10, lower 7 perfect; 3-upper minute, abortive. Pods linear, 4-angled. Seeds numerous, brown. (India)
An annual herbaceous plant reaching 1m in height (Korea)
Annual shrubby weed, 30 - 90cm in height. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with 3 paris of obovate leaflets. Inflorscence in axillary raceme, shorter than the leaf : flowers yellow : 1 - 3. Pod slender, very long, curved. Seeds numerous, dark-brown, shining. (Vietnam)
Uses
Cuts, skin diseases, ringworms, fever, itch, leprosy, psoriasis, tumours, ulcers,suppuration (India)
Laxative, tonic, eyesight, dysmenorrhea, diarrhea (Korea)
Anti periodic, anthelmintic, anti parasitic, aperlenta, boils, constipation, dropsy, renal,eye disease, haemorrhoids, laxative, liver ailments, ophthalmia, purgative, ringworms,scabies, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge (Sri Lanka)
Insomnia, headache, constipation, oliguria, cough, ophthalmia, dacryoliths, amblyopia,ocular, congestion, hypertension, eczema, dermatomycosis (Vietnam)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Korea - Gyeongnam Hamyang Medicinal Plant Experimantal Station
Vietnam - Tam Dao
Remarks
Cassia tora (GRIN)

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