Noun: Cassia alata
- Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
"Local healers applied Cassia alata juice to treat skin infections";
- ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata
Type of: senna
Encyclopedia: Cassia alata