260 



" Cassia occidentalis " in PI. Utile du Congo, De Wildeman, Art. 

 xiv : " Les Cassia du Congo," pp. 169-172, with analysis of seed from 

 Year Book Pharm. 1876, p. 179. 



Cassia Sieberiana, DC. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 270. 



Vernac names. — Aridan toro (Oloke Meji, Foster) ; Gamafada 

 (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Bagamma (Kontagora, Dalziel) ; Efo (Lagos, 

 MacGregor) ; Guamgua (Gambia, Ozanne) ■ Bongbo (Sierra Leone, 

 Scott Elliot) ; Bangbi (Sierra Leone, Unwiri) ; Mossambe, Mosua 

 (E. Congo, Welivitsch). African Lilac. 



Lagos ; Ibadan ; Abeokuta ; Nupe ; Katagum ; Kontagora ; and 

 widely distributed in West Africa. 



An infusion of the root is used as a diuretic on the Gambia (Kew 

 Bull. 1893, p. 371). The pods are used as a fish poison in Kano 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), and in native medicine, Sierra Leone (Col. 

 Rep. Ann. No. 656, 1910, p. 37) ; they are met with in all the markets 

 of the coast (Angola), used by the native medical men to divine 

 disease but not to cure it (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. p. 290). 



May be propagated by seeds. The flowers are very handsome, and 

 the tree is worth growing for decorative purposes. Barter compares 

 the beautv of a tree at Agbenia Egbe with that of Amherstia nobilis 

 (Herb. Kew). 



Ref. — " Cassia Sieberiana" in Les Veg. Utiles de L'Afrique, Trop. 

 Franc. Chevalier, Perrot & Gerard, Fasc. iii. pp. 85-88. 



Cassia Sophera, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 274. 



III.— Rheede, Hort. Mai. ii. t. 52 ; Rumpf, Amb. v. t. 97 ; Jacq. Ic. 

 PL Rar. i. t, 71 (C. r usci folia) ; Sweet, Fl. Austral, t. 32 (C. 

 Bar clay ana) ; Bot. Reg. (1824) t. 856 {G. purpurea) ; Burman, Thes. 

 Zeylan. t. 98 (Senna ugnitifolia) : Bisch. in Bot. Zeit. 1850, t. 10 

 (C. lanceolata, Forsk.). 



Vernac name. — Amot-tumaga (Guam, Safford). 



Niger. India, extending to Australia, and cosmopolitan in the 

 tropics. 



The bark, leaves and seeds are cathartic, and the juice of the leaves 

 a specific for ringworn (Watt, Comm. Prod. India, p. 288) ; the 

 bruised leaves and bark of the root, powdered and mixed with honey 

 are applied externallv in ringworm and ulcers (Safford, PI. Guam, 

 p. 219). 



An infusion of the bark is used as a remedy for diabetes (I.e.), also 

 the powdered seeds for the same purpose (Moloney, For. W. Afr. 

 p. 331). 



Ref. — " Cassia Sophera," in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, ii. 1889, 

 pp. 223-224. 



Cassia Tora, Linn. ; Trop. Afr. II. p. 275. 



77/.— Rheede, Hort, Mai. ii. t, 53 ; Ralph, Ic. Carp, t, 18, f. 4. 



Vernac. names. — Tafassa (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Opa iku (Lagos, 

 Dawodu) ; Ako-rere (S. Nigeria, Fostei^) ; Dore (Gambia, Whiteley, 

 Moloney, Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Chakramarda [ringworm 

 destroyer] (India, Watt) ; Mumutun adamelon or Mumutun palaoan 

 (Guam, Safford). Foetid Cassia ; Metal Seed ; Fantupa Seed. 



Katagum ; Nupe ; Lokoja ; Lagos. Widely distributed in Tropical 

 Africa, and the tropics generally. 



The seeds are regularly sold to dyers for use with indigo ; roasted 

 and ground as a substitute for coffee (Watt. Comm. Prod. India, 



