Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna podocarpa (Guill. & Perr.) Lock [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
duawusu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fanfraha	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyongbele	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
osempenini	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
peagoro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
podocarpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
podocarpa leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sareso osempe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	young fresh or quickly dried leaflets	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia podocarpa Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 259 (1832).
Cassia afzeliana Vogel Linnaea 15: 70 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia podocarpa Guill. & Perr.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Cassia podocarpa Guillet et Perry	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Senna podocarpa (Guill. & Perr.) Lock	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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