Botanical Name | : | Cassia Obtusifolia, Cassia Tora |
Local Name | : | Puwad, Chakunda, Cassia, Tora, Sickle Senna, Sickle Pod, Coffee Pod, Tovara, Chakvad, Foetid Cassia |
Colour | : | Light Brown ( like coffe ) |
Size | : | 0.3 to 0.4 cm. |
Ash Content | : | 5 % (max.) |
Heavy Metal | : | – |
Iron | : | 50 ppm (max.) |
Arsenic | : | Nill |
E-Coli | : | Absent |
Packing | : | 50 kg. Bag packing |
Family Name | : | Caesalpinaceae |
Other Names | : | Cassia Semen, Cassia seed, Jue Ming Zi, Cassia Tora, Latin Semen Cassiae |
English Names | : | foetid cassia, the sickle senna and wild senna. |
In India | : | This plant is named differently in different Indian languages for example it is known as Kuvadio, and Chakramard in Gujrati; Tarota, and Takla in Marathi; Edanchi, Chakunda, and Chatkaataa in Bengali; Takrike in Kannada; Tagare, and Vindu in Tamil; Takar in Malayalam; Tantyamu, and Tagarish in Telugu; and Chakunda in Oriya. |