Fabaceae FAMILY

Senna hirsuta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Roasting of the seed destroys the toxalbumin present in fresh seed[ 348 Title Medicinal Plants of the Guianas Publication Author DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. Website http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html Publisher Smithsonian Museum Year 0 ISBN Description A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region ].

Botanical Description

Cassia hirsuta is a fast-growing, erect or diffuse, simple or several-stemmed herb with a foetid aroma, growing up to 2.5 metres tall and becoming somewhat woody with age[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is also sometimes cultivated as a green manure crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, north to the Caribbean and through Central America to Mexico.

HabitatNaturalized in SE Asia, on plains and hilly areas, growing spontaneously in waste locations, along roadsides, railway embankments, dry ditches and in secondary forest. It is found in gardens and fields as a weed[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]