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Senna hirsuta

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Identification
Senna hirsuta (L.) Irwin & Barneby [family FABACEAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Senna hirsuta
Common name
  • hairy cassia., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Information

Entry for Senna hirsuta (Linn.) Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Cassia hirsuta Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Senna hirsuta (Linn.) Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English hairy cassia.
Uses
(leaf) Food: general (leaf) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (root) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout Agri-horticulture: weeds, parasites Agri-horticulture: composting, manuring
Products
english: Cassia, Hairyenglish: Hairy cassia
Description
A slightly woody shrub to 2 m high with conspicuously hairy leaves and twigs, occurring in the lowland rain-forest belt from Guinea to S Nigeria and in E and central tropical Africa, an introduction from tropical America.The plant is a weed of cultivated
References
References as Cassia hirsuta Linn.:1. Brenan, 1967: 80. 2. Burkill, IH, 1935: 476. 3. Steyaert, 1952: 513–4.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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