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Volume 20, Issue 1-4 1978

Articles

Identification of Seeds of Indian Senna of Commerce

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v20/1978/75565

Published 2024-05-21

  • K. C. Malik
    • ,
  • B. Krishna

K. C. Malik
Botanical Survey of India, Howrah

B. Krishna
Botanical Survey of India, Howrah

Abstract

Seeds of 8 species of the Sub-genus Senna under the genus Cassia L. of the family Caesalpiniaceae viz. C. angustifolia Vahl, C. sophera L., C. occidentalis L., C. siamea L., C. obovata collad., C. obtusifolia L., C. tora L. and C. auriculata L. have been studied. Seeds of 7 species have medicinal value but one species-C. obovata has been reported to be mixed with the seeds of C. angustifolia, the Tinnevelly Senna. A key to the species on the basis of seed structure has been provided for easy identification. Local names in major Indian languages have also been given.
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