Cassia Tora Seed

Cassia Tora plant belongs to the wild crop variety and it is from the Caesalpinaceae family and is named from its genus Cassia. They are hard and small seeds and the plant widely grows in India in June or July post monsoons. The downtrodden then collect the cassia seeds from the forests in November and December. The Cassia plant grows in the Indian tropical regions and the bulk of it is seen in the regions of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and also some parts of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The nature of this seed is bitter and salty and slightly cold. They possess a lot of medicinal value and the seeds are processed through a machine cleaning process and give a shiny appearance after the processing is done.
It is used as a coffee substitute when the Cassia Tora Seeds are roasted. The fruit has excellent capability to cool down the body. The dried and fresh leaves of the plant are famous in Northern Nigeria for the treatment of ulcers, ringworm, and other parasitic skin diseases.