(Fabaceae) Senna timoriensis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby 

Local name(s): (Ka tok) 

Medicinal use(s): to treat nervousness.

Part(s) used: stem.

Field Characters: Tree growing to 10-15 m tall, flowers yellow, fruits a pod.

Locality: Khammuan Province, Thaket District, Thaket Nheua Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:  m asl.

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong, D.T. Kien, M.V. Sinh

Collection number(s): LAOS_141

Collection Date: March 5, 2000

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2245947

Project: ICBG

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Local name(s): ຂີ້ ເລັກ ປ່າ (Kee lek pa) 

Medicinal use(s): Fruit to kill worm, bark used for skin diseases 

Part(s) used: bark, fruit, leaf

Field Characters: Treelet 3 m tall, low-branched, grows to a large tree. Sterile.

Locality: Luang Prabang province, Park Ou district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve above Somsanouk village. 

Habitat: Subtropical monsoon forest on a steep slope, ascending to the base of limestone mountain that arises precipitously to a peak of ca. 1000 m asl. The greater part of the vegetation cover was leafless at the time of this fieldwork.

Altitude: 390 m asl.

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue

Collection number(s): DDS 15418

Collection Date: February 10, 2020

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2329994.

Project: CCF

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility Pham Hoang Ho - Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 848 #3405


Medicinal properties:


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Alhawarri MB, Dianita R, Rawa MSA, et al. Potential anti-cholinesterase activity of bioactive compounds extracted from Cassia grandis L.f. and Cassia timoriensis DC. Plants 2023, 12(2), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020344  

 Alshehri MM, Quispe C, Herrera-Bravo J, et al. A review of recent studies on the antioxidant and anti-infectious properties of Senna Plants. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2022, 6025900. DOI: 10.1155/2022/6025900

 Lim TK. Senna timoriensis. In book: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants 2014, pp.886-888. DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-7395-0 ISBN: 978-94-007-7394-3