Glandular senna
StarSenna multiglandulosa
Synonyms: Cassia tomentosa var. albida, Cassia lutescens, Cassia albida, Adipera tomentosa, Cassia wightiana, Cassia multiglandulosa
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In traditional Peruvian (Andean) medicine the leaves of Senna multiglandulosa are used to reduce swelling and calm pain, for gallbladder colic and kidney stones, to ease and accelerate labour, and as a folk treatment said to fight cancer (Senna genus ethnobotanical review, 2020). As with the genus generally the leaves also have a laxative reputation, and experimental work has confirmed a gastric antiulcer effect for leaf extracts (Antiulcer effect of Senna multiglandulosa, 2022).
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Botanical Description
Senna multiglandulosa, the glandular senna, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the highlands of Mexico, Central America and the Andes of South America, where in Peru it grows between roughly 2,300 and 4,000 metres elevation. It is an erect, branching shrub commonly reaching two to three metres tall, with softly hairy young growth. The leaves are pinnately compound with several pairs of oblong to elliptic leaflets and bear small stalked glands on the leaf rachis, a feature reflected in the species name. The bright yellow flowers have five somewhat unequal petals and the asymmetric arrangement of stamens characteristic of Senna, and are borne in showy clusters towards the branch tips. The fruit is an elongated, somewhat flattened, many-seeded pod. The plant is a common component of montane scrub, hedgerows and disturbed slopes and is sometimes grown ornamentally for its profuse golden flowering.
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