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Definition of Cassia 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.
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: Senna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassia Alata
| Caspian terns Caspian tiger Caspiane |
Literary usage of Cassia alata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Cultivated and established as an escape, near Bassin May to June (411, Mrs. R.
351). Eggers Fl. 261. 364. [cassia alata L. Eggers Fl. 254.] 365. ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Ammannia vesicatoria. DAD M URDAN. HITO. BBNG. cassia alata.—Linn. DADOS. SP.
Dice. ... cassia alata. DADU a Vaishnava ascetic teacher who instituted a ..."
3. A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1858)
"... herpes, dad- mardan, т. а plant used to cure the ringworm (cassia alata). t.
b dud, f. a gift, giving; law, equity, justice; revenge ; (in сотр. ..."
4. The Indigenous Drugs of India: Short Descriptive Notices of the Principal by Kanny Lall Dey, William Mair (1896)
"... infusion and oil are the various forms in which cloves are use . cassia alata.
Vern.—Beng. ... The leaves of cassia alata, of the natural order Legu- ..."
5. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"... doctors take advantage of this fact and fry the leaves of cassia alata, C.
tora, C. occidentals, ..."
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