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Sickle Senna
Cassia tora
Sickle Senna · kasiamasiama · mungumunguba · sangesesioto · tuku-tuku · tumisia · uzanzanzi · wita
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Mexico, India, China, Malaya, Venezuela, Japan*, Haiti, India(Santal)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bactericide, Bite(Bug), Cathartic, Coffee
Science studied: ANTHRONE, ASH, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Cassia tora
Common names: Sickle Senna, kasiamasiama, mungumunguba, sangesesioto, tuku-tuku, tumisia, uzanzanzi, wita
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Mexico, India, China, Malaya, Venezuela, Japan*, Haiti and 9 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bactericide
- Bite(Bug)
- Cathartic
- Coffee
- Cold
- Constipation
- Cough
- Eruption
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- Eye
- Fever
- Furuncle
- Hepatitis
- Herpes
- Intoxicant
- Itch
- Kidney
- Leprosy
- Liver
- Ointment-Base
- Ophthalmia
- Oxytoxic
- Parasiticide
- Photophobia
- Piscicide
- Plague
- Psoriasis
- Pterygium
- Purgative
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Skin
- Sore
- Tumor
- Typhoid
- Ulcer
- Vertigo
- Viricide
- Bite(Snake)
- Laxative
- Ache(Ear)
- Ache(Head)
- Cheloid
- Epilepsy
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Mexico
- India
- China
- Malaya
- Venezuela
- Japan*
- Haiti
- India(Santal)
- Sri Lanka
- Dominican Republic
- DK
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- LA
- NO
- NP
- PH
- VU
Documented cultural uses
- Bactericide
- Bite(Bug)
- Cathartic
- Coffee
- Cold
- Constipation
- Cough
- Eruption
- Eye
- Fever
- Furuncle
- Hepatitis
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- Herpes
- Intoxicant
- Itch
- Kidney
- Leprosy
- Liver
- Ointment-Base
- Ophthalmia
- Oxytoxic
- Parasiticide
- Photophobia
- Piscicide
- Plague
- Psoriasis
- Pterygium
- Purgative
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Skin
- Sore
- Tumor
- Typhoid
- Ulcer
- Vertigo
- Viricide
- Bite(Snake)
- Laxative
- Ache(Ear)
- Ache(Head)
- Cheloid
- Epilepsy
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Bite(Bug) · Mexico · "
- Cathartic · Elsewhere · "
- Coffee · Elsewhere · "
- Coffee · Mexico · "
- Cold · India · "
- Constipation · China · "
- Cough · Malaya · "
- Eruption · Mexico · "
- Eye · China · "
- Fever · Venezuela · "
- Furuncle · China · "
- Hepatitis · China · "
- Herpes · China · "
- Intoxicant · China · "
- Itch · Mexico · "
- Kidney · China · "
- Leprosy · Elsewhere · "
- Liver · China · "
- Ointment-Base · Japan* · "
- Ophthalmia · Malaya · "
- Oxytoxic · Elsewhere · "
- Parasiticide · India · "
- Photophobia · China · "
32 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Valorization of Cassia tora Seeds: Extraction and Biofunctional Characterization of Cassia tora Seed Gum. · 2025 source ↗
- Antibacterial activity of bioactive anthraquinones isolated from Cassia tora L. against pathogenic intestinal microorganisms. · 2026 source ↗
- In Silico Profiling of Hydroethanolic Extract of Cassia tora Linn and Molecular Docking Evaluation of Butin, Bilobetin, Oroxylin A, and Sphoroflavanone G Against Melanoma · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ANTHRONE
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHRYSO-OBTUSIN
- CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-9-ANTHRONE
- CHRYSOPHANOL-1-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- COPPER
- EMODIN
- FAT
- IRON
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-SOPHOROSIDE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MANNITOL
- MYRICYL-ALCOHOL
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- OBTUSIFOLIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHYSCION
- PROTEIN
- RHEIN
- RUBROFUSARIN
- RUBROFUSARIN-6-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- TORALACTONE
- ZINC
- OBTUSIN
- ALOE-EMODIN
- AURANTIOBTUSIN
- CAROTIN
- CHRYSOPHANOL
- GLUCOSE
- MAGNESIUM
- NOR-RUBROFUSARIN
- RUBROFUSARIN-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- TORACHRYSONE
- FIBER
- POTASSIUM
- PHOSPHORUS
- LINOLENIC-ACID
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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