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1938.16.107

Medicine: sen mekki

1938.16.107

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Collection type
Object
Description
Medicine: sen mekki
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Aurès Mountains
Cultural groups
Chaouia Berber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
1913 - 1938
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Plant
Dimensions
Length: max 130 mm tube
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.16.107
Research and responses

Senna is any of several plants, especially of the genus Cassia, in the pea family (Fabaceae). Many are used medicinally. Alexandrian senna (C. acutifolia), from Egypt, The Sudan, and Nigeria, are cultivated in India for their cathartica (purifying) properties [Encyclopædia Britannica Online]. [CF 6/3/2000]

Related Documents File - See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]

Search terms: Medicine, Specimen, Plant

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