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The traditional claims of various parts of any species of Cassia are claimed as anthelmintics. The present study was investigated the anthelmintic activity of Cassia mimosoides leaves against earthworm and roundworm. Five different concentrations (5, 15, 25, 50, 75 mg/ml) of aqueous, chloroform, acetone, and petroleum ether extracts were tested against worms. It involved the determination of time of paralysis (P) and death (D) of the worms. The aqueous extract showed a more significant effect on paralyzing the worms. The effect of extracts on the paralysis and death of the Pheretima posthuma, according to the results indicated as aqueous > Chloroform > Petroleum ether >Acetone extracts. The effect of extracts on the paralysis and death of the Haemonchus contortus, according to the results indicated as aqueous > Acetone > Petroleum ether > Chloroform extracts. Piperazine citrate was used as a reference standard drug were normal saline water as a control. Leaves of Cassia mimosoides of family Caesalpinaceae showed as a good remedy in worm infections. The results of in vitro trials of Cassia mimosoides proved its anthelmintic property at a higher dose.