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Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)

SC SE

hyg

dr (antimalarial infusion made with flowers, to cure stomachache and headache, skin disease, vermifuge) pl (ornamental)

Cassia alata L. Cassia alata var. perennis Pamp. Cassia alata var. rumphiana DC. Cassia bracteata L.f. Cassia herpetica Jacq. Herpetica alata (L.) Raf.

ringworm senna; candle bush (Micronesia); craw-craw; craw-craw plant (Ghana); emperor's candlestick (USA); ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub (Ghana)

séné à dartre; casse ailée, casse puante, cassia alata; dartier, dartres (Haiti); dartrier; fleur à dartre, fleur St. Christophe, herbe à dartres, zerbe St. Christophe (Haiti)

cara de caballo (Bolivia); cerocontil (Nicaragua); coqueta (Mexico); fedegoso, fedegoso-grande; flor de secreto (Mexico); guajavo (Dominican Republic); mocote (Venezuela); ronchil, sorocontil (Nicaragua)

acapulco, akapuku, andadose, candalaria (chamorro, Micronesia); jaramaa (malinke, Mali); kerula besokel (palauan, Micronesia); kontaba (bambara and malinke, Mali); kota-kota (aymara, Peru); kotaba (bambara, Mali); take biha (chamorro, Micronesia); tarantán, tarantantana, tukuri (ye'cuana, Venezuela); yult (palauan, Micronesia); yunka mutuillu (quichua, Bolivia)

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Latin name	Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (antimalarial infusion made with flowers, to cure stomachache and headache, skin disease, vermifuge) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Cassia alata L. Cassia alata var. perennis Pamp. Cassia alata var. rumphiana DC. Cassia bracteata L.f. Cassia herpetica Jacq. Herpetica alata (L.) Raf.
English name	ringworm senna; candle bush (Micronesia); craw-craw; craw-craw plant (Ghana); emperor's candlestick (USA); ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub (Ghana)
French name	séné à dartre; casse ailée, casse puante, cassia alata; dartier, dartres (Haiti); dartrier; fleur à dartre, fleur St. Christophe, herbe à dartres, zerbe St. Christophe (Haiti)
Spanish name	cara de caballo (Bolivia); cerocontil (Nicaragua); coqueta (Mexico); fedegoso, fedegoso-grande; flor de secreto (Mexico); guajavo (Dominican Republic); mocote (Venezuela); ronchil, sorocontil (Nicaragua)
Other name	acapulco, akapuku, andadose, candalaria (chamorro, Micronesia); jaramaa (malinke, Mali); kerula besokel (palauan, Micronesia); kontaba (bambara and malinke, Mali); kota-kota (aymara, Peru); kotaba (bambara, Mali); take biha (chamorro, Micronesia); tarantán, tarantantana, tukuri (ye'cuana, Venezuela); yult (palauan, Micronesia); yunka mutuillu (quichua, Bolivia)
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