Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
at tora	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
at-tora	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
candelabra tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
candle bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
inyumganai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kirao	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luvinu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbinu, mshua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwinu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mwinu, mwino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
osenetoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ovino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
peanut cassia	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
peanut-butter cassia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
popcorn senna	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
rata tora	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
senetwet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
séné africain	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
umubagabaga	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
umucyuro	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
wild senna	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaf, whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia didymobotrya Fresen. Flora 22: 53 (1839).
Cassia nairobensis L.H.Bailey in E.Z.Bailey, Hortus Second.: 146 (1941), no Latin descr.
Cassia verdickii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 49 (1903).
Cassia bracteosa Welw. ex W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 14: 4 (1866).
Chamaesenna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 622 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia didymobotraya Fresen.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cassia didymobotrya Fresen	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cassia didymobotrya Fresen.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia nairobensis L.H.Bailey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia nairobiensis L.H.Bailey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia verdickii De Wild.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Senna didymobotrya	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.)Irwin & Barneby	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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