Fabaceae
Sickle senna
Senna tora
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- عشرق, قلاقل
- Bangla
- বন চাকুন্দা
- Burmese
- ဒန့်ကျွဲ
- Chinese
- 决明, 決明, 决明子, 草决明, 茳芒决明, 野花生, 假绿豆, 假花生
- English
- Sickle senna, Foetid cassia; sickle senna; wild senna; ringworm plant
- Finnish
- Sirppisenna
- Hausa
- Tafasa
- Hindi
- पोहाड़
- Indonesian
- Ketepeng kecil, Ketepeng sari, Enceng-enceng
- Japanese
- コエビスグサ
- Kannada
- Thagathe Soppu
- Korean
- 결명차
- Malayalam
- വട്ടത്തകര
- nan
- Iûⁿ-kak-tāu
- Nepali
- सानो ताप्रे
- sat
- ᱡᱷᱚᱱᱡᱷᱩᱱᱤ
- shn
- ၽၵ်းလမ်းမိုၼ်း, မႆႉၵႅင်းႁွမ်ထႆး
- Sinhala
- තෝර
- Spanish
- Chiquichiqui
- Tamil
- தகரை
- tcy
- ತಜಂಕ್ ತಪ್ಪು
- Thai
- ชุมเห็ดไทย
Synonyms
- Cassia borneensis Miq.
- Cassia contorta Vogel
- Cassia foetida Salisb.
- Cassia gallinaria Collad.
- Cassia gracisiliqua Lancry
- Cassia humilis Collad.
- Cassia malabarica Lancry
- Cassia numilis Collad.
- Cassia obtusifolia var. humilis (Collad.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Cassia sagera Lam.
- Cassia sunsub Forssk.
- Cassia tagera L.
- Cassia tala Desv.
- Cassia tora L.
- Cassia tora f. hirsuta Chodat & Hassl.
- Cassia tora var. borneensis (Miq.) Miq.
- Cassia tula Desv. ex Steud.
- Chamaecrista tagera (L.) Standl.
- Chamaefistula contorta (Vogel) G.Don
- Diallobus thora (L.) Raf.
- Diallobus tora (L.) Raf.
- Diallobus tora (L.) B.D.Jacks.
- Emelista tora Britton & Rose
- Emelista tora (L.) Britton & Rose
- Glycyrrhiza kansoo Siebold
- Tagera filiformis Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Nikitakamka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: grimsmark, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Klaus Merckens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mariam Sinaly Sidibe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Davidvraju, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Suhas Gurjar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yash Deshpande, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: MOHAMED M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.