Senna occidentalis (L.) Link Family - Fabaceae Common name - Coffee senna Habit - Shrub Habitat - dry and moist area.

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

Family - Fabaceae

Common name - Coffee senna

Habit - Shrub

Habitat - dry and moist area.

Medicinal uses -

🌼 A tea made from roots & dried flowers is used as a treatment for colds & upset stomach.

🌼An ointment prepared from the leaves is applied as a remedy for ringworm & other affections of the skin.

🌼Applied extremely, it is pounded & mixed with wood-ash and rubbed on the areas of leishmaniasis & eczema.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India.)

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