Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Seven Golden Candlestick / Daun kurap (Bru.); Besulok (Dus.); Suluk (Tut.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial shrub that can reach up to 5 m high. Leaves are pinnately compound, in alternate position, thinly leathery and glabrous. There are about 6-12 pairs of subsessile leaflets. Leaflet blades are oblong or obovate-oblong, apex is obtusely rounded or cuspidate, base is obliquely truncate with entire margin. Stems are green, thick, erect, hairy and producing an unpleasant smell. Inflorescence a raceme that resembles a yellow candle. Flowers are yellow at the base, while the top are unopened flower buds covered by the orange bracts. Fruit a glabrous black pod that contains many glossy,
In other countries, the root is used to treat skin infections and as a remedy for cancer. The stem is for abdominal complaints. The bark is applied externally to treat abscesses, bone fractures, menstrual complaints and sores. Antifungal and anti-inflammatory activities
It thrives on slopes near riversides and in mixed dipterocarp forests. It prefers moist but well-drained loamy soil under shade.
Seed or stem cutting.
Native to Venezuela, Brazil and Columbia.seven Golden Candlesti Ck
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