Cassia senna
| Author : L. |
| Family : Caesalpiniaceae |
| Habit: Herb |
| Sanskrit: Swarnapatri, Swarnamukhi, Pitapushpi |
| English:Indian senna, Tinnevelly senna, Alexandrian senna, Bombay senna |
An erect shrub, 60-75 cm in height, with pinnate leaves, pale green to bluish-green, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic leaflets, 3-9 pairs, many, brilliant yellow flowers in terminal racemes, light green, flat, compressed, oblong pods, turning to dark brown containing 5-8 dark brown, smooth, obovate-oblong seeds
Leaves, fruits, resin
constipation, abdominal disorders, leprosy, skin diseases, leucoderma, spleen and liver diseases, jaundice, worm infestations, cough, bronchitis, anaemia, cholera, wounds, burns, pimples, foul breath, typhoid fever, anaemia, tumours
sennosides A & B, rhein, chrysophanic acid, β-sitosterol, glucose, fructose, sucrose, pinnitol