Kasaundi / Coffee Weed
Senna occidentalis
Also known as Negro Coffee, Stinking Weed, Coffee Senna, Foetid Senna, Septicweed
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- July-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna occidentalis
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Margins of scrub forests, occasional in low elevations and roadsides
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Pantropical weed
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kasunda, Bari kasondi,कासौंदी kasaundi
- Nepali
- कसौडी Kasaudee, ताप्रे Taapre, चकमके Chakamake
- Bengali
- Kalkashunda, কলকাসুন্দা
- Tamil
- Nattam takarai, Payaverai, காசூந்தி
- Telugu
- Thangedu, కాసున్దీ, కసింద
- Kannada
- ಕಸಿಂದಿ Kasindi, ಕೋಲ್ತೊಗಚೆ Kolthogache, ಆನೆ ಚೊಗಟೆ Aane chogate, ಕಾಸುಂಡಿ
- Malayalam
- Mattantakara, കാസുണ്ടി, ഊളൻ തകര
- Marathi
- Ran-takda, Kasivda, Kasoda, कासुंदी
- Sanskrit
- कासुन्दी
- Gujarati
- કાસુંદિ
- Odia
- କାସୁନ୍ଦି
- Punjabi
- ਕਾਸੁੰਦੀ
- Assamese
- কাসুন্দি
- Urdu
- کاسندی
- Sinhala
- පැණි තෝර
About Kasaundi
Coffee Weed (Senna occidentalis) is an undershrub belonging to the Caesalpiniaceae family (Senna family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate pinnate/bipinnate leaves, raceme/panicle flower clusters, pod/legume fruit. It is typically found in margins of scrub forests, occasional in low elevations and roadsides. Native to Tropical America, it is distributed across Pantropical weed. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during July-February. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Kasaundi belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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