Definition of Senna alata

1. Noun. Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna Alata

Senecio vulgaris
Senefelder
Senegal
Senegalese
Senegalese franc
Senegambia
Senegambian
Seneka snakeroot
Senga
Sengas
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
Senhor
Senior-Loken syndrome
Senior Circuit
Senkaku Islands
Senna alata (current term)
Senna alexandrina
Senna auriculata
Senna marilandica
Senna obtusifolia
Senna occidentalis
Sennacherib
Sennetsu fever
Sennett
Senning operation
Senones
Senor
Senora
Senorita
Sensurround

Literary usage of Senna alata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"Rozb. Hort. Seng. 31; Wall. Cat. 6301; W. Sf A. Prodr. 287 ; Wight Ic. t. 253. Senna alata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 349. 0. brac- teata, Linn.JU.; DC. loc. tit. ..."

2. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"Senna alata Roxb.fi. md. ii. 349. (Rumph. vii. 1.18.). — Gardens of India, but apparently not indigenous. Stem erect, often as thick as a man's leg, ..."

3. Materia medica of India and their therapeutics by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory, Nanabhai Navrosji Katrak, . (1903)
"Senna alata. Habitat.—Travancore ; cultivated in India. Part used.—The leaves. Vernacular.—Beng. ..."

4. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"... in those from Pegu the flowers are pink. G. alata, Linn. ; Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 264 ; Talbot Bomb. List 79 (Senna alata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 349) ; Vern. ..."

5. The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce by Heber Drury (1873)
"Oct.— W. & A. Prod. i. 287.— Wight Icon. t. 253.—C. bracteata, Linn.—Senna alata, Roxb. Fl. I,wl. i. 349. Travancore. Cultivated in India. MEDICAL USES. ..."

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