Kassod / Siamese Tree Senna
Senna siamea
Also known as Ironwood Tree, Siamese Senna
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Kassod
Identify Kassod by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Timber and shade tree (ironwood).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna siamea
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted and self sown
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- SE. Asia, Widely planted
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Goa, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, with slender, green-reddish, tinged axis and 6 to 12 pairs of leaflets on short stalks, rounded at both ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, with slender, green-reddish, tinged axis and 6 to 12 pairs of leaflets on short stalks, rounded at both ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, with slender, green-reddish, tinged axis and 6 to 12 pairs of leaflets on short stalks, rounded at both ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kassod itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kassod itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Seemia, Kassod कसोद
- Bengali
- মিনজিরি
- Tamil
- Manjal konrai, Manje-konne, Chelumalarkkonrai, மஞ்சள் கொன்றை
- Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆತಂಗಡಿ Seemetangadi, ಹಿರಿತಂಗಡಿ Hiritangadi, ಹಿರೇತಂಗಡಿ Hiretangadi
- Malayalam
- Manjakonna, Manjakonnei, മഞ്ഞക്കൊന്ന
- Marathi
- Kassod
About Kassod
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Siamese Tree Senna (Senna siamea) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 16 other states. It is planted and self sown. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Kassod belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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