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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Cassia angustifolia (Fabaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Senna; Sene Grandes Feuilles

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Total Uses: 9

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	US	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer	Uk(Wales)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic	Elsewhere
Cathartic	France
Dyspepsia	Mexico(Kickapoo)
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.
Laxative	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative	China	Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Purgative	China	Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.