Resumen

OSONO, Adriana de Carvalho  y  AKISUE, Gokithi. Caracterização farmacognóstica de peninha (Chamaecrista nictans subsp. patellaria var.ramosa Irwin & Barneby). Rev. bras. farmacogn. [online]. 1996, vol.5, n.1, pp. 70-95. ISSN 0102-695X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X1996000100007.

Peninha (Chamaecrista nictans subsp. patellaria var.ramosa Irwin & Barneby) plant is considered a weed, but in folk medicine is used for kidney problems and renal calculi. The pharmacognostic study was made in order to identify the plant as a drug.

Palabras llave : Chamaecrista nictans; Cassia patellaria; pharmacognostic caracterization; plant anatomy.