An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Cassia tora

Cassia tora

Common Name
Gelenggang kechil; Ts'Ao Chueh Ming; Gelenggang padang; Pistache Marron; Cassia,Foetid; Penitora; Brusca Cimarrona

Activities

Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Hepatitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Herpes China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Intoxicant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Itch Malaya *
Itch Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Laxative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Leprosy Elsewhere *
Liver China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ointment-Base Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Ophthalmia Malaya *
Ophthalmia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Oxytoxic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Parasiticide India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Photophobia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Plague Elsewhere *
Psoriasis Elsewhere *
Pterygium China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Purgative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.