Botanical info | A herbaceous foetid annual weed, almost an undershrub, up to 90 cm high, growing throughout India up to 1800 m, leaves pinnately compound, yellow flowers, fruits pods 15 - 23 cm long, seeds 25 - 30 per pod |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 380) cakragaja, m. Cassia Tora, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 381) cakramarda, m. = -gaja, Suśr. iv, 9, 11. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1706) takarai: 1. Fetid cassia, s. sh., Cassia tora; 2. West Indian bead tree
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