Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna alata (L.) Roxb. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acapulco	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
agbobladzoe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akapulko	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
alata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alata leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
anechakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asenti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
asunwon	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
bainsa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bajagua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barajo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
bawu bawu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bayisa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
blefo sinogbetso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bois dartre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buisson de la gale	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bwalu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
café beirão	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
café-beirão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calavakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calavakatticceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candelabra bush	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
candle bush	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candlebush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
candlestick senna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
casse ailée	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cassia alata leaf	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
chakramarda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chi jia jue ming	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
christmas blossom	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
christmas candle	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
christmas-candle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
chumhet thet	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
cimaiakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaiyakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaiyavutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cintuki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cintukiyakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
craw-craw plant	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
crawcraw plant	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
daadmaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dadamardana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daddumardu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dadmari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dadmordan	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
dadmurdan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dadpat	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
dadrughna	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dadrumardana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dahvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dartres	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dartrier	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dat-ka-pat	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
datkapat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daud pata	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
daudraj	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
daun ingram	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun kurap	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun solok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun sulok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
deo-mardon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavala gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhawala gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda chagache	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda thagache	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda thangadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddacagate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddachagate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddasagate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duawusio	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
duawusu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
duì miàn yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
duì yè dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dvipagasti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elakajam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
emperor's candlesticks	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
empress candle plant	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
empress-candleplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
eth thora	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
eyanuba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ezinliba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fedegoso-gigante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fedegoso-grande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
filasco	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fleur st christophe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
folium cassiae alatae	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
fēi zhōu mù tōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
galves	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gelenggang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelenggang besar	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelinggang	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
gelingok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gilinggang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guajava	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
hpak-lam-mon-long	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
impetigo bush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
itsiamuna amba	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
kacampakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
king of the forest	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kislin	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ludanggan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malai tagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malanthakerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mamúri	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mangerioba-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangerioba-grande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
manjeriobão	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mata pasto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mata-pasto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mettataamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettatamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitta tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mocoté	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muồng trâu	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
osempe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
pailang	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
pairavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pairavamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pei agathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plante des cros-cros	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pokok asam jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ponnakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puliyacikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puliyacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puritappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purithappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qanabisi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
quatre épingles	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rata thora	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
rata tora	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
red head	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ring-worm bush	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ringworm bush	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ringworm cassia	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ringworm plant	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ringworm senna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ringworm shrub	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
ringwormbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ringwormshrub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ringworrn shrub	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
se	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
secreto	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
seema avise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemaavasie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemaavise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemai agathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seemai agathy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemaiagatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemaiyagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemayavisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme agase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme thangadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemie aghatee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semmai agatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sempe	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
serocontil	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
serungan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seven golden candlesticks	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seven-golden-candlesticks	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sheemaavisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheemai-agatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheemigida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shima-akatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shima-avishi-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimai-agatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimayakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shime-agase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sima avisl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simaagati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simaavishi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simaavisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simaiyagatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simayakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simayavisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simayavise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simeagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simeyagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simyagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singobetso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sok	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
suruok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sus saika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sus tara saik	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sus waha tara	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
talantala	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tarantán	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tarum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tatturukkinam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thinbaw-mezali	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
tiruttakattimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiruttavutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandu kolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandu kollu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandu-rolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandugolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandukolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vantukatiyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vantukkolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vendu-kolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vendukolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayati-agati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
winged senna	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
ya la mer pa do	Other	Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
yamnua	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
yemnnua	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
yǒu chì jué míng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ඇත්තෝර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රටතෝර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
对叶豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
对面叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
有翅决明	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
非州木通	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaf		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Leaves, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaf		Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Leaf, flower, seed, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaf		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Leaves		Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
leaves	fresh leaves	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaves, root	dried leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Leaf, stem		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Whole plants, leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
leaf	fresh or dried young leaflets	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
flower, leaf, root		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Leaf, Root, Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia alata L. Sp. Pl.: 378 (1753).
Cassia alata var. perennis Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 14: 595 (1907).
Cassia alata var. rumphiana DC. Prodr. 2: 492 (1825).
Cassia arayatensis Náves ex Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): 71 (1880), nom. illeg.
Cassia bracteata L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 232 (1782).
Cassia herpetica Jacq. Observ. Bot. 2: 24 (1767), nom. superfl.
Herpetica alata (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 123 (1838).
Herpetica rumphiana (DC.) J.Presl Wšobecný Rostl. 1: 457 (1846).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia alata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassia alata L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cassia alata Linn	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassia alata Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Senna alata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna alata L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Senna alata Linn.	Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)

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