India (Uttar Pradesh, Balrampur region): seeds dried and made into a flour. Leaves boiled and eaten as a vegetable. Seeds reported poisonous.Niger(southeastern): leaves eaten. Synonym: Senna ...

BHUBANESWAR: Incredulous as it may sound, an expert committee constituted by the State Government on Friday said consumption of Bada Chakunda (Cassia occidentalis) seeds led to death of most children ...

Suspecting that poisonous Cassia occidentalis seeds are being mixed with pulses, the Malkangiri district administration has initiated action to check it. These plants are found abundantly in this ...

Death toll of tribal children due to Japanese Encephalitis and (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) rose 108 with four more deaths during the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, experts have started to ...

- very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia ...