senna

1. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers;
   Many are used medicinally (synset 112519668)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • cassia alata, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, senna alata - 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
   • avaram, cassia auriculata, senna auriculata, tanner's cassia - evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
   • alexandria senna, alexandrian senna, cassia acutifolia, cassia augustifolia, indian senna, senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna - erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
   • cassia occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, senna occidentalis, stinking weed, styptic weed - very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
   belongs to: genus senna - genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia

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