Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna aphylla (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pichana	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pichanilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial part, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia aphylla Cav. Icon. 6: 41 (1801).
Cassia aphylla var. divaricata Hieron. Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 3: 346 (1879).
Cassia aphylla subsp. divaricata (Hieron.) L.Bravo Darwiniana 21: 386 (1978).
Cassia aphylla var. rigida Hieron. Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 24 (1882).
Cassia aphylla var. trichosepala Chodat & Wilczek Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 475 (1902).
Cassia aphylla var. virgata Burkart Colecç. Ci. Inst. Nac. Tecnol. Agropecu 4(3a): 451 (1967).
Cassia fabrisii L.Bravo Darwiniana 21: 377 (1978).
Cassia rigida (Hieron.) Burkart Legum. Argent., ed. 2: 544 (1952).
Cassia rigida var. inermis L.Bravo Darwiniana 21: 373 (1978).
Cassia trichosepala (Chodat & Wilczek) L.Bravo Darwiniana 21: 373 (1978).
Senna aphylla subsp. divaricata (Hieron.) L.Bravo Brittonia 38: 270 (1986).
Senna fabrisii (L.Bravo) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 570 (1982).
Senna rigida (Hieron.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 570 (1982).
Senna rigida var. inermis (L.Bravo) L.Bravo Brittonia 38: 270 (1986).
Senna trichosepala (Chodat & Wilczek) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 570 (1982).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Senna aphylla (Cav.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Senna aphylla (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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