Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Cassia tora L.
Vernacular name: Chakramandarakam, Ponthakara, Thakara
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: India, Africa, Arabia, Pakistan, East wards to Polynesia
Flowering and Fruiting: August-December
Key identification features: An annual subshrub. Its leaves are pubescent below. The flowers are yellow, arranged in few-flowered axillary racemes. The plant produces linear, subtetragonous pods, which are indehiscent. Each pod contains 20-30 oblong, compressed seeds.
Uses: Young leaves are cooked and eaten. Used as liver tonic, mild laxative and heart tonic.They are also used for the treatment of skin diseases.
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