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Cassia obtusifolia (PROSEA)

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:Family: Leguminosae

== Vernacular names ==

*Sicklepod (En)
*Indonesia: ketepeng
*Malaysia: gelenggang sayor, gelenggang nasi
*Philippines: balatong-aso (Tagalog), andadasi (Ilocano), baho-baho (Bisaya)
*Vietnam: dậu ma.

== Distribution ==

Pantropical. Probably native to tropical America.

== Uses ==

Leaves and young tops are eaten. Leaves and roots are also used medicinally against vomiting and stomachache.


== Observations ==

Annual or perennial, often bad-smelling herb or shrub, up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves compound with 3 pairs of leaflets; rachis 4-7 cm long; leaflets obovate, 1-6 cm × 0.5-3.9 cm. On roadsides, waste places and fallow fields up to 800 m altitude. Often confused with ''C. tora'' L. which has different anthers and seeds.

== Selected sources ==

7, 20, 92.


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