Re: What is this senna?
Posted by Pierre on December 11, 2004 at 21:17:21:
In reply to: Re: What is this senna? posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on December 11, 2004 at 15:22:34:
: There is a plant called Senna. It is not cassia. The pods of senna: will unlock the most fearsome constipation.
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: Cassia is sometimes called senna. Senna is not called cassia.
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: Confused yet?
To add to the confusion, there is an unrelated plant called cassia in Lauraceae. Its
specific name, Cinnamomum cassia, is a synonym of C. aromaticum, according to
ITIS.
ITIS lists both genera, Cassia and Senna, in Fabaceae. It says Cassia obovata is a
synonym of Senna italica.
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Kimo 09:22:41 12/12/2004
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