It is good to know that this common weed is also used as vegetable.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 2011/1/2 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » *Senna tora* > *Synonym, popular*: *Cassia tora* > > > *SEN-nuh* -- Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush > *TOR-uh* -- most probably, from the vernacular name of the plant, *tovara* > > > *commonly known as*: Chinese senna, foetid cassia, Java bean, low senna, > peanut weed, sickle senna, sicklepod, stinking cassia • Bengali: chakunda • > Gujarati: kawaria, kuvadio • Hindi: चकूंदा chakunda, चकवंड chakwand, एड़गज > edgaj, पद्माट padmat, पंवार panwar, प्रपुनाट prapunat , तर्किल tarkil • > Kannada: ತಗಚೆ tagache • Konkani: टाय्किळो taykilo • Malayalam: takara • > Manipuri: থৌনম নমথীবী thaunum namthibi • Marathi: टाकळा or टांकळा takala, > तरवड tarvad • Oriya: chakunda • Pali: एळगल elagala, कंबोजी kamboji • > Punjabi: ਪਵਾਰ pawár • Sanskrit: चक्रमर्दकः chakramardakah, चक्रम्गजः > chakramgajah, दद्रुघ्नः dadrughnah, एडगजः edgajah, पद्मटः padmatah, प्रपुनाट > prapunat, तर्किल tarkil, उरणक्षकः uranakshakah, विमर्दकः vimardakh • Tamil: > தகரை thagarai • Telugu: తగర tagara, తగిరిసచెట్టు tagaricettu, తంటెము tantemu > • Urdu: ايڙگج ergaj > > > *Native to*: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely > naturalized > > > *Edible use*: > >> ... young leaves (as VEGETABLE) ... Plants For A >> Future<http://digedibles.com/database/plants.php?Senna+tora> >> >
