Senna alexandrina Markandika Svarnapatri Sona patta Sonamukhi Senna

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Senna alexandrina

Scientific Name and Description

Senna alexandrina Mill

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Cassia acutifolia Delile
Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell.
Cassia alexandrina (Mill.) Spreng.
Cassia angustifolia M.Vahl
Cassia senna L.
Senna acutifolia Batka
Cassia acutifolia Delile
Cassia angustifolia M. Vahl
Cassia lanceolata Collad. (former name)
C. lanceolata Link is a synonym of Senna sophera var. sophera
C. lanceolata Pers. is a synonym of Chamaecrista desvauxii var. mollissima
Cassia lenitiva Bisch.
Cassia senna Linn.
Senna acutifolia (Delile) Batka
Senna alexandrina Garsault
Senna angustifolia (Vahl) Batka

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common Names	Senna alexandrina (Alexandrian senna), Egyptian senna, Tinnevelly senna, East Indian senna or the French séné de la palthe
Arabic	عشرج or عشرق or سنامكي
English	senna
Hindi	bhi-khakhosa, bhuikhakhasa, hindi-sana, hindi-sena, hindisana, sana ka patt, sanay, sena, sonamukhi
Kannada	nelaavare, nelaavarike, nelavare, nelavarike, nilavirai, soanaa mukhi, sonamukhi
Malayalam	connamukki, nilavaka, sunnamukki
Marathi	bhitarvada, bhitharvada, bhuh tharvad, mulkacha, shonamakhi, sonaamukhi, sonamukhi
Sanskrit	amshunattydivandiva, bhumiari, bhumichari, bhumivalli, bhupadma, bootallapotaka, hemapatri, hemapatrika, jalatika, kalyani, mahaushadhi, malaharini, markandi, markandika, mridurechani, pitapushpi, rechani, sanamaki, stholotpala, svarnamukhi, svarnapatri, svarnapatrika, svarnini
Tamil	alakalam, alakalampokki, alakalampokkicceti, avakai, avarai, avarai, cantavari, cantavaricceti, cena, cimainilavakai, cimainilavirai, curaddu nilavarai, curattavarai, curattavirai, curattunilavakai, curattunilavarai, curattunilavirai, cuvarnamuki, kattunilavirai, kiruminaci, kuttuvakai, kuyattinalakai, maralakam, maralavakai, nattunilavakai, nattunilavirai, nauvuki, nauvukicceti, neeravarai, nelavakai, nelavar, nerivila, nila vagai, nila-varai, nilaavaarai, nilakavarai, nilava kai, nilavagai, nilavaghei, nilavakai, nilavarai, nilavavirai, nilaverei, nilavirai, nilayavarai, nilini, nilinicceti, niliyavarai, oyamilacceti, oyamilam, patalavakai, pataruparacci, pulukkutori, putalamankai, putalamankaicceti, puvantam, puvantavam, talini, tennevelly senna, tintukini, tirunelvelicenna, vanculikacceti, vanculikam, vatukai, vatukaicceti, vayucankaran, venmalampokki, vetalakkanni
Telugu	naelaponna, nelaponna, nelatangedu, nelathangedu, nelatunghadoo
Urdu	sana, sana -i- makki, sana-i-makki, sana-imakki, sena