Cassia Angustifolia

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We reckon ourselves as one of the primary Exporters of Cassia Angustifolia. Commonly known as Senna or Sanay, Cassia Angustifolia Herbal Extracts are obtained from the leaf and pod of Senna plant. Being a natural laxative and carminative, it is widely used in treating the loss of appetite, skin diseases, jaundice etc.

Common Name : Senna

Plant Parts Used : Pods and Leaves

Description of Cassia Angustifolia
A small shrub, about 1 m in height with pale subterete or obtusely angled erect or ascending branches. Leaves usually 5-8 jugate, leaflets oval, lanceolate, glabrous. Racemes axillary erect, waxy many-flowered, usually considerably exceeding the subtending leaf. Bracts membranous, ovate or obovate, caducous. Sepals obtuse, cuncate compressed,cotyledons plane. The pods are 1.4 to 2.8 in long, about 0.8 in wide, greenish brown to dark brown in colour and contain 5-7 obovate dark brown and nearly smooth seeds.

Characteristics and Constituents
Leaves contain glycosides, sennoside A, sennoside B, sennoside C and sennoside D. Two naphthalene glycosides have been isolated frofn leaves and pods. Senna also contains the yellow flavonol colouring matter kaempferol, its glucoside kaempferin and isorhamnetin.