Description

COMMON NAME Standardized: senna
Other: Alexandrian senna, Indian senna, true senna

BOTANICAL NAME Senna alexandrina Mill.
Plant Family: Fabaceae

SYNONYMS Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia, Cassia lanceolata, Cassia senna, Senna acutifolia, Senna angustifolia

INTRODUCTION The sennas are scrubby desert plants of North Africa.

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