Garden Basket Hubb Cassia Siamese Seeds, Kassod, Cassia Siamea, Senna Siamea, Thailand Shower, Johar, Jahor, Busuk-Busuk, Petai Belalang Seeds (Pack of 1000)
₹799.00
- Kassod tree is botanically known as Senna siamea / Siamese cassia from the Caesalpinioideae family. It is a medium
- sized
- evergreen tree growing up to 15 m with yellow flowers.
- It is commonly used as shade tree in plantations
- as windbreak
- or as hedgerows. The plant consists of Barakol
- a compound with sedative and anxiolytic effects
- which contributes to its medicinal values.
- It is used against intestinal worms and scabies. Plant parts such as leaves
- pods
- and seeds are all edible but has to be thoroughly boiled first prior to eating. Flowers and young fruits are used in curries. Leaves are used as green manure.
- All plant parts can be used for tanning. Wood is used for joinery
- cabinet making
- inlaying
- handles
- sticks
- and other decorative uses. In addition
- it can be made into charcoal of excellent quality.
Description
Product Overview
Siamese Cassia is a small to medium sized tree, up to 15-20 m tall, with a short bole and low branching high crown. Leaves pinnate, alternate, rachis 25-30 cm long, with a marked furrow, 8-13 pairs of leaflets of different size. Leaflets oblong, rounded at the base and at the apex, slightly retuse. Upper side dark green and shining, underside dull-green, shortly haired. Flowers yellow, up to 3.5 cm long, in dense racemes at the end of the shoots, and in their axils. Racemes 15-30 cm long. Glabrous, brown, slightly curved pods in dense clusters, up to 25 cm long with ca 20 seeds in each. Originates in India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Malaysia. Today pantropical in semi-arid and subhumid tropics. Propagation by seeds, stumps and nursery-grown seedlings.
Key Features
- Kassod tree is botanically known as Senna siamea / Siamese cassia from the Caesalpinioideae family. It is a medium
- sized
- evergreen tree growing up to 15 m with yellow flowers.
- It is commonly used as shade tree in plantations
- as windbreak
- or as hedgerows. The plant consists of Barakol
- a compound with sedative and anxiolytic effects
- which contributes to its medicinal values.
- It is used against intestinal worms and scabies. Plant parts such as leaves
- pods
- and seeds are all edible but has to be thoroughly boiled first prior to eating. Flowers and young fruits are used in curries. Leaves are used as green manure.
- All plant parts can be used for tanning. Wood is used for joinery
- cabinet making
- inlaying
- handles
- sticks
- and other decorative uses. In addition
- it can be made into charcoal of excellent quality.
