Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

 

Family: Fabaceae

Synonym: Cassia surattensis Burm.f.

Habit: Shrubs

Habitat: Cultivation to roadsides, pastures, and waste places at lower altitudes

Distribution: Native of South East Asia

Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year

Key identification features: Shrubs; branchlets ribbed, thinly pubescent. Leaves alternate elliptic or oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, oblique at base, discolourous, glabrous or pubescent beneath, Racemes 5 to 20-flowered, in the axils of upper leaves, corymbose; Petals about as wide, yellow. Pods strap-shaped, flat, thin-valved, sepatate, dark brown; seeds 10-13, brown,

Uses: Leaves used as laxative to treat constipation



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