Common Name
English :Stout prickly climber
Hindi :Common senna
Manipuri :Laikee
Scientific Name
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Caesalpiniaceae
Genus :Cassia
Species :timoriensis Wlld.
Habit :Spiny slender shrub
Parts Used :Bark and Seed
Mode of Preparation :Bark boiled for extract. Seed crushed with water for extract.
Mode of use :Decoction
Ingredients :No chemical reports.
Ailment Treated:Bark along with the plants like Equisetum debile and Dryopteris marginata are boiled in water and the soup is used to take bath to cure poxes. Seed extract is given in dysentery.
Source:Wild / cultivated.
