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<big>''[[Chamaecrista falcinella]]'' (Oliv.) Lock</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Chamaecrista falcinella'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Kew Bull. 43(2): 336 (1990).
:Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Fabaceae , Leguminosae)
== Synonyms ==
*Cassia falcinella (Oliv.) Lock == Vernacular names ==
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
''Chamaecrista falcinella'' occurs in DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda,Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
== Uses ==
''Chamaecrista zambesica'' (Oliv.) Lock (synonym: ''Chamaecrista hildebrandtii'' (Vatke) Lock) is also used in traditional medicine. In Kenya the leaves and roots are used as a cathartic against the intestinal protozoal parasite ''Giardia lamblia''. Laboratory tests confirmed the lethal effect on the parasite. ''Chamaecrista lateriticola'' (R.Vig.) Du Puy is endemic to Madagascar, where a leaf infusion is taken against stomach-ache.
== Ecology ==
== Author(s) ==
* C.H. Bosch , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
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