Cassia javanica information


Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Cassia javanica?

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Here is some basic information about Cassia javanica and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Cassia javanica.

 

Cassia javanica basic info
Scientific Name: Cassia javanica L..
Family: Leguminosae.
Genus: Cassia.
Common names in English: appleblossom shower, Burmese-senna, Javanese cassia, jointwood, pink cassia, pink shower, pink-and-white shower, rainbow shower.
For common names of Cassia javanica in different languages – See link
Description: Cassia javanica, also known as Java Cassia, Pink Shower, Apple Blossom Tree and Rainbow Shower Tree, which its origin is in Southeast Asia, but it has been extensively grown in tropical areas worldwide as a garden tree owing to its beautiful crimson and pink flower bunches.C Javanica is one of Thailand’s Nine Auspicious Trees and is said to bring good luck, ensure continued high rank and afford victory. – for more info about Cassia javanica See link

 

Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Cassia javanica
*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.
Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. – See link

 

Cassia javanica in other websites
Cassia javanica common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website – See link.
Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Cassia javanica – See link.
See if there is something in Youtube on the term Cassia javanica – See link.