Plant Details

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

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

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	young fresh or quickly dried leaflets	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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 Pharmacop. (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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