Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Family: Leguminosae
Candle Bush, Candlesticks, Ringworm Cassia, Winged Senna
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Shrub
Distribution:
Pantropical.
Use: Medicinal
Description:
Erect shrubs, 3-4 m tall. Leaves 28-60 cm long; leaflets 6-12 pairs, oblong to obovate-oblong, apex rounded, base rounded to subcordate; stipules 1-2 cm long, deltoid, base auriculate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, many-flowered spicate raceme, 40-60 cm long. Flowers yellow; bracts petaloid, yellow. Sepals yellow. Petals yellow, 1.5-2 cm long, obovate. Stamens 10. Pod 9-14 cm long, linear, 4-winged, septate, dehiscent; seeds many.