kasamarda :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cassia
Species: Cassia occidentalis

Allied species:

Cassia caroliniana, C. ciliata Raf.

C. falcata L.

C. foetida Pers.

C. laevigata sensu auct. non Prain non Willd.

C. macradenia, C. obliquifolia, C. occidentalis, C. occidentalis L. var. arista sensu Hassk.

C. occidentalis L. var. aristata Collad.

C. planisiliqua

C. torosa Cav.

Ditrimexa occidentalis (L.) Britt.& Rose

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Kasamarda, Vimarda, Arimarda
English: Negro coffee , Coffee Senna, coffeeweed
Hindi: Kasunda, Bari kasondi
Urdu: Kasonji
Telugu: Thangedu
Bengali: Kalkashunda
Marathi: ran-takda, kasivda, kasoda, rankasvinda
Oriya: Kasundri
Gujarathi: Kasundri
Tamil: Nattam takarai, Payaverai
Malayalam: Mattantakara
Kannada: Kolthogache
Punjabi: ਕੌਫੀ ਸਿੰਨੇ Kauphī sinē
Sindhi: ڪافي سينن
Arabic: سينا القهوة sina alqahua
Spanish: Bicho, Brusca, Frijolillo, Guanina.
Assamese: Hant-thenga
Japanese: Habuso
Chinese: Wang Jiang Nan, Wang jiang nan jue ming.
French: Bentamar, Bonne casse
German: Kaffeekassie.
Burma: Ka.sau.poap, Sham:ka.sau., Sham:ka.zau, Tan.kywè:kri:
Nepal: Kasaudi, Panvar
Persian: قهوه سنا
Sinhalese: Penitora
Greek: καφέ senna kafé senna

Varities:

classical categorization

Susrutha , Vagbhata - Sarasadi Gana
aiyadeva nighantu - Oshadhi Varga
Dhanvantiri nighantu - Karaveeradi varga , mishraka varga
Bhavaprakasha Nighantu - Shaka varga

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