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Senna occidentalis

Scientific name: Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
Botanical family: FABACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Dominican Republic:

  • brusca

Dominica:

  • café moucha

Guatemala:

  • frijolillo

Honduras:

  • frijolillo

Haiti:

  • terrier rouge

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Erect shrubby herb, up to 2 m high.  Leaves alternate, pinnately compound with 4-5 pairs of ovate to lanceolate leaflets, 10 cm long with a narrow red margin;  inflorescence, axillary racemes, few-flowered, sepals pinkish, petals yellow 10-14 mm long, subtended by bracts 10-15 mm long; pod linear, 5-12 cm x 6-8 mm, compressed, slightly curved; seeds broadly ovoid, punctate, dark olive colour, ca. 4 mm long.

Voucher(s)

Jiménez,29&116,JBSD

Lagos-Witte,16,HPMHV

Girón,249,CFEH

Rouzier,225,SOE


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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