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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Bessissan in Benin is the name of a plant defined with Senna occidentalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia ciliata Raf. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877)
· Florula Ludoviciana (1817)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1924)
· Histoire Naturelle et Médicale des Casses (1816)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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