Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

• Family: Fabaceae
• Vernacular names: Malamthakara, മലന്തകര (Malayalam), Winged Senna (English), Dadrughna (Sanskrit), Vendu raali (Tamil)
• Distribution: Pantropical
• Description: Shrubs. Leaves long; leaflets 6-12 pairs, oblong to obovate-oblong. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, many-flowered, spicate raceme. Flowers yellow. Pod linear, 4-winged; seeds many, rhomboid.
• Habit: Shrub
• Habitat: Along riversides and margins of ponds
• Flowering & Fruiting: September-January

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• Parts used: Leaves and seeds
• Properties & Uses: Vermifuge, purgative and anti-poisons. The juice of the leaves are used in itching, skin diseases, asthma, ring worm and leprosy. The leaves are also used in scorpion sting and snake bite.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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