What is the English name of Senna occidentalis?
What is the English name of Senna occidentalis?
Coffee senna
Senna occidentalis is a pantropical plant species. Vernacular names include ʻauʻaukoʻi in Hawaii, septicweed, coffee senna, coffeeweed, piss-a-bed, Mogdad coffee, negro-coffee, senna coffee, Stephanie coffee, stinkingweed or styptic weed….Senna occidentalis.
| Coffee senna | |
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| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Senna |
| Species: | S. occidentalis |
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What is the common name for Senna occidentalis?
Coffee Senna
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
| Family Name: | Fabaceae (Leguminosae) |
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| Synonyms: | Ditremexa occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis |
| Common Name: | Antbush, Coffee Senna, Negro-coffee, Stinkingweed, Arsenic Bean, Septicweed, Ponnavarai |
What are the benefits of Cassia occidentalis?
The leaves are used in gonorrhea, fevers, urinary tract disorders, and edema [8]. C. occidentalis extract is used to cure eye inflammations in Ayurveda. It is also used in Jamaican folk medicines for curing diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, fever, cancer, eczema, and venereal diseases.
How do you use Senna occidentalis?
The paste of seeds and leaves is applied over skin lesions, ulcers, ringworm, herpes, infection etc.
- The paste of root of this plant is mixed with lemon juice and applied on eczema and psoriatic patches.
- The paste of the root of Cassia occidentalis plant mixed with cow ghee should be taken internally in filaria.
Is Cassia occidentalis a shrub?
occidentalis is an annual to short lived perennial herb to small shrub with a pantropical distribution (PROTA, 2016).
Is senna plant poisonous?
Senna occidentalis is a toxic leguminous plant found in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world and causes poisoning mainly in confined animals. The seeds are the most toxic part of the plant and may be present in animal rations.
What is the habit of Cassia occidentalis?
Details
| Eppo code | CASOC |
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| Global description | An erect, hairless undershrub, annual or biennial of about 100 cm high. |
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Is it bad to take senna everyday?
Do not take senna for more than 1 week. Long-term use of senna can stop your bowel working properly on its own.
Is coffee senna a shrub?
S. occidentalis is an annual to short lived perennial herb to small shrub with a pantropical distribution (PROTA, 2016).
Is coffee senna poisonous?
Coffee senna produces the toxin known as anthraquinones. It can be found in both the seeds and fruit of the plant and primarily affects the gastrointestinal system and skeletal muscle. The toxin causes irritation and mitochondrial myopathy once ingested and in your horse’s system.