🔥 Senna alata

Traditional Herbs from Senna alata

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• Prepare 7 young and fresh Chinese ketepeng leaves.\u00a0
• Wash thoroughly with running water.
• Boil the leaves in 2 glasses of water until boiling and 1 glass of the mixture remains.
• Drink all at once.

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• Choose 3 fresh leaves
• Wash them thoroughly.
• Chew them together with salt for a few minutes, suck out the juice and throw away the pulp.

What is Senna alata Looks like??

Parts of Senna alata that could be used

• Leaves", "Seeds", "Flowers", "Fruits", "Roots", "Stems

Senna alata Distribution

Comes from tropical America. Its distribution includes England and Indonesia. In Indonesia, this plant is also widespread in almost all regions and is used as an ornamental plant, medicinal plant, and sometimes the bark is used in tattoo coloring.
Agroecology of Senna alata
This plant grows best in full sun, in heavy to sandy, acidic to slightly alkaline, well-draining soil at a pH of 5.6-7.8. Likes places with rainfall of 600-4,300 mm/yr and an average annual temperature of 15-30°C. Generally found in lowlands to mountains with an altitude of 1,400 m above sea level.
Morphology of Senna alata

• Taproot, branched, blackish.
• Stem woody, round, sympodial, dirty brown.
• Compound leaves, oblong to ovate-ovate, even pinnate, leaflets numbering 8 to 24 pairs, green. Pods, 18 cm long, 1 2.5 cm wide. Young fruit is green, old fruit is black-brown.
• Compound flowers, shaped bunches, located at the ends of the branches, yellow. The flower petals are divided into five, the stamens are three.
• The seeds are sharp and flat, triangular in shape, numbering 50-70 seeds per pod.

Cultivation of Senna alata
Generative (seed) and vegetative (stem/branch cuttings) propagation.

Senna alata, more details :

Chemical Content of Senna alata
Rein aloe emodina, rein aloe emodina diantron, tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, anthraquinones, chrysophanic acid (dehydroxy methylantroquinone).
Benefits of Senna alata
Worm medicine, treat constipation, treat canker sores, tinea versicolor, scabies, hemorrhoids, ringworm, high blood pressure, fever, asthma, bronchitis (inflammation of the lungs), dyspnea (shortness of breath), snake bites, psoriasis (skin inflammation), malaria, dysentery.
Simplisia of Senna alata

Another Facts for Senna alata :

Synonym of Senna alata
Cassia alata L.� , Cassia arayatensis Naves ex Fern.-Vill., Cassia bracteata L.f.
Habitus of Senna alata
Bush. Annual shrub, up to 4 m high.
Habitat of Senna alata

• Riverside", "Forest", "Roadside", "Bush Area", "Grassland