Cassia Tora

SCIENTIFIC NAME :

MEDICINAL VALUE :
Believed to possess a laxative effect.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Cassia Tora used as suspending, thickening, emulsifying, and gelling agents in applications like foodstuffs, coatings etc.

GLOSSARY :
English : Cassia Tora
Tamil : Thagarai / Ponnaveeran
Malayalam : Thakara / Ponnararan / Ponnamthakara / Chakramarda
Telugu : Thantipu
Kannada : Thagate / Kasamarda
Hindi : Kasunda / Chakavada
Bengali : Kalka Sunde
Gujarati : Kasundari
Konkani : Thaikullo
Marathi : Thayakulaa
Oriya : Kusunda
Punjabi : Kasunda / Chakavada
Tulu : Thajanku