Grown as an ornamental plant to The leaves are used to treat ringworm infections. Decoction of the leaves and flowers are used as expectorant, astringent and mouth-wash in stomatitis. Th reat & damage: Senna can invade forests, forest edges, humid ravines, riverbanks, woodlands a
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uses
The leaves are used to treat ringworm infections. Decoction of the leaves and flowers are used as expectorant, astringent and mouth-wash in stomatitis. Th reat & damage: Senna can invade forests, forest edges, humid ravines, riverbanks, woodlands and grasslands. It can form dense thickets and shade out most native 5 plants. The plant is particularly aggressive in areas where there is a high water table.
family
Fabaceae
synonym
Cassia alata L., Cassia bracteata L.f.
description
Erect shrubs. Leaves pinnate, 28-60 cm long; leaflets 6-12 × pairs, 4-13 2-6 cm, oblong to obovate- oblong, apex rounded, base rounded to subcordate; stipules 1-2 cm long, deltoid, base auriculate, apex acute to acuminate. fl Inflorescence terminal or axillary, many- flowered spicate raceme, 40-60 cm long. Flowers yellow; pedicels 4-8 mm long; Th bracts petaloid, yellow, 1-2 cm long, ovate-elliptic, subacute. Sepals 1-1.5 cm long, yellow. Petals yellow, 1.5-2 cm long, obovate. Stamens 10, anthers 2 large, 5 medium-sized, and 3 small. Pods 9-14 in × 1.5-2 cm, linear, 4-winged, septate, × dehiscent; seeds many, 5-7 4-5 mm, rhomboid, compressed, dark brown.