Senna (plant)

The senna ( Senna alexandrina ) is a small shrub of the family of the Caesalpiniaceae , or Fabaceae , Caesalpinioideae , according to phylogenetic classification.

Use

It is used like medicinal Plante.

Shrub, butt 2 ft high, with has blade green smooth erect Stem, length spreading Branch are, bearing furnace but five pars off Leaves. The Flower S are small and yellow, the Pod S broadly oblong and containing butt six Seed S.

Senna is year Arab ian name, and the seedling is grown mostly in Nubia. Twice has year the seedlings are cut down, dried in the sun, stripped and packed in Palm - leaf bags and feels one Camel S to Essouan and Darao then up the Nile to Cairo gold else to Red Sea ports. --> It is used like purgative, near to the Aloès and the Rhubarbe. Its active ingredients is derivatives of the Anthraquinone and their Glucoside S. senna acts on the Large intestine by increasing the peristaltic movements colon.

Synonyms

Cassia acutifolia Delile
Cassia angustifolia Vahl
Cassia lanceolata Forssk.
Cassia senna L.

External bonds

senna in herb trade

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