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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cassia angustifolia

Common Name
Senna; Sene Grandes Feuilles

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer Uk(Wales) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic Elsewhere *
Cathartic France *
Dyspepsia Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Laxative China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Laxative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Purgative China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.