Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna italica subsp. italica [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Senna italica Mill.
Infraspecies:: 2

Senna italica subsp. arachoides (Burch.) Lock

Senna italica subsp. micrantha (Brenan) Lock

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sena	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia arachoides Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 341 (1822).
Cassia aschrek Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 86 (1775).
Cassia obtusa Roxb. ex Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 757 (1844).
Cassia buchananii Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1333 (1835).
Cassia burmanni Wight Madras J. Lit. Sci. 6: 5 (1837), nom. illeg.
Cassia burmanni Wall. Trans. Med. Soc. Calcutta 8: 164 (1836), nom. illeg.
Cassia lucida Dehnh. Cat. Horti Camald., ed. 2: 18 (1832).
Cassia obtusata Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 43 (1825).
Cassia porturegalensis Bancr. ex Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 1: 340 (1837).
Cassia porturegalis Bancr. Jamaica Courant 1827(Nov.): 13 (1827).
Senna obtusa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 344 (1824).
Senna obtusata Link Handbuch 2: 140 (1831).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia arachoides Burckhill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cassia aschrek Forssk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia obtusus Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Senna italica subsp. italica Mill.	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

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