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Accepted name: 
Senna alexandrina Mill. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
3eşruq Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
aden senna Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
afrikanskaya senna Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alexandria senna Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
alexandrian or khartoum senna Other European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
alexandrian senna Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
alexandrian senna fruit Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
alexandriner-sennesfrüchte Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
alexandrinische senna Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amshunattydivandiva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhi-khakhosa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhitharvada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuh tharvad Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuikhakhasa Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bhumiari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bombay senna Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bootallapotaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
casse Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cassia Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cassiabaum Other Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
cassier Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cimainilavakai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimainilavirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
connamukki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curattavarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curattavirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curattunilavakai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curattunilavarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curattunilavirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eshrid Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
falajin Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
fan sie ye Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fan xie ye Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
fanxieye Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
filaskon maka Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
folia sennae Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
folium sennae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
fructus sennae Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
fylla aigyptou Other The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
hijazi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindi-sana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindi-sena Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindisana Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
illesko Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
indian senna Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jalelo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jian ye fan xie Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kassiya ostrolistnaya Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
khartoum senna Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ma khaam khaek Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
makhaam khaek Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mecca senna Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
msahala Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mulkacha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naelaponna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narrow-leaved senna Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
nauvuki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nauvukicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelaavare Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelaavarike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelaponna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nelatangedu Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nelathangedu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelavakai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelavarike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaavaarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavagai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavaghei Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nilavakai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaverei Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
niliyavarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nubia senna Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nubian senna Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
powdered senna leaf Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rinji Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sana Other Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sana hindi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sana ka patt Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sana maki Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
sana makki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sana-e-hindi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sana-e-makki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanai Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sanay Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sand hijazi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sanjerehi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sanna makki Other Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
sen Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sen de alejandria Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sen de españa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sen de la india Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sen, hoja Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
sena Other Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
sena alejandrina Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
senamikki Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sene Other Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
senehe kola Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
senna Other Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
senna bari Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
senna glycosides Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
senna leaf Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
EMA Com. Monog.: Cassia spp., fol. (2006)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
senna makki Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
senna mekki Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
senna pods Other EMA Com. Monog.: Cassia spp., fruc. (2006)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
senna pods, alexandrian Other European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
senna-i-makki Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sennae folium Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Cassia spp., fol. (2006)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sennae folium pulveratum Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
sennae fructus Pharmaceutical EMA Com. Monog.: Cassia spp., fruc. (2006)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sennae fructus acutifoliae Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
senne Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
sennesblätter Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
sennesblätterstrauch Other Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
sennosides Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shonamakhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sine mekî Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
soanaa mukhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sona-mukhi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sonaamukhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonamukhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sunnaa makhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sunnamukki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svarnapatri Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swarnapatri Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
séné Other Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
séné d'alexandrie Other Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
séné d'egypte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
séné grandes feuilles Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
séné vrai Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
tennevelly senna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tinnevelly senna Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
true senna Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
vanculikacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanculikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayucankaran Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xia ye fan xie Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
çay sultanî Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
سنا مكي Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
سنه Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
سنه بري Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
يكم انس Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
සෙනෙහෙ කොළ Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
センナ Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
センナ末 Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
尖葉番瀉 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
番瀉葉 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)