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Senna alexandrina

(Alexandrian Senna)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Alexandrian Senna, Bombay Senna, Cassia Officinalis, Indian Senna, Sen, Sen De Espa, Senna, Tinnervelly Senna, Tinnevelly Senna, True Senna

Common Names in French:

Casse, Séné D´egypte

Common Names in German:

Alexandrinische Senna

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Bhuikhakhasa, Hindisana, Sana

Common Names in Russian:

Afrikanskaya Senna, Kassiya Ostrolistnaya

Common Names in Spanish:

Sen De España, Sena Alejandrina

Common Names in Urdu:

Senna-I-Makki

Description

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Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: pale yellow, yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 24-36" tall.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae ()
        Tribe: Cassieae ()
        Genus: Senna () - P. Miller, 1754
        Specific epithet: alexandrina - Mill.
        Botanical name: - Senna alexandrina Mill.

Synonyms

Cassia acutifolia Delile • Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell. • Cassia alexandrina (Garsault)thell. • Cassia angustifolia M. Vahl • Cassia senna L. • Senna acutifolia (Delile)batka • Senna angustifolia (Vahl)batka

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Senna

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 83 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

S. acanthoclada (Senna) · S. alata (Candelabra Bush) · S. alexandrina (Alexandrian Senna) · S. angustisiliqua (Carga Agua) · S. armata (Desert Senna) · S. artemisioides (Feathery Cassia) · S. artemisioides artemisioides (Feathery Cassia) · S. artemisioides nothocoriacea (Wormwood Cassia) · S. artemisioides petiolaris (Cassia) · S. atomaria (Flor De San Jose) · S. auriculata (Avaram) · S. bacillaris (Whitebark Senna) · S. bacillaris var. bacillaris (West Indian Showertree) · S. bacillaris var. benthamiana (West Indian Showertree) · S. bauhinioides (Twinleaf Senna) · S. bicapsularis (Butterfly Bush) · S. bicapsularis var. augusti (Yellow Candlewood) · S. candolleana (Senna) · S. corymbosa (Argentina Senna) · S. covesii (Coves' Cassia) · S. didymobotrya (Peanut Butter Cassia) · S. divaricata (Arbre Bugaud) · S. durangensis (Durango Senna) · S. durangensis var. iselyi (Isely's Senna) · S. floribunda (Devils Finger) · S. gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's Senna) · S. hebecarpa (American Senna) · S. hebecarpa var. longipila (Wild Senna) · S. hirsuta (Aytera Cimarrona) · S. hirsuta var. glaberrima (Woolly Senna) · S. hirsuta var. hirsuta (Woolly Senna) · S. italica (Italian Senna) · S. italica italica (Port Royal Senna) · S. ligustrina (Bahama Cassia) · S. lindheimeriana (Lindheimers Senna) · S. macranthera (Cassia) · S. marilandica (Maryland Senna) · S. mexicana (Mexican Senna) · S. mexicana var. chapmanii (Bahama Senna) · S. monozyx (Andean Senna) · S. multiglandulosa (Buttercup Bush) · S. multijuga (Alleluia) · S. multijuga lindleyana (Leafy Cassia) · S. multijuga lindleyana var. lindleyana (Leafy Cassia) · S. multijuga multijuga (False Sicklepod) · S. nitida (Golden Rain Tree) · S. obtusifolia (Brusca Cimarrona) · S. occidentalis (Arsenic Bean) · S. odorata (Southern Cassia) · S. orcuttii (Orcutt's Senna) · S. pendula (Christmas Senna) · S. pendula var. advena (Valamuerto) · S. pendula var. glabrata (Christmas Cassia) · S. pendula var. stahlii (Stahl's Valamuerto) · S. petersiana (Dwarf Cassia) · S. phyllodinea (Silver Cassia) · S. pilosior (Transpecos Senna) · S. polyphylla (Desert Cassia) · S. pumilio (Dwarf Senna) · S. purpusii (Baja California Senna) · S. quinquangulata (Quillo Huasca) · S. racemosa (Limestone Senna) · S. reticulata (Bajagua) · S. ripleyana (Ripley's Senna) · S. roemeriana (Roemer Senna) · S. rostrata (New Mexico Wild Sensitive Plant) · S. santanderensis (Brusco) · S. septemtrionalis (Arsenic Bush) · S. septemtrionalis var. septemtrionalis (Smooth Senna) · S. septentrionalis (Hedionda Macho) · S. siamea (Amarillo) · S. singueana (Wild Cassia) · S. sophera (Algarrobilla) · S. sophera var. purpurea (Pepper-Leaved Senna) · S. spectabilis (Canafistola Macho) · S. spectabilis var. excelsa (Canafistola Do Boi) · S. splendida (Golden Wonder Senna) · S. sulfurea (Smooth Senna) · S. surattensis (Glaucous Cassia) · S. timoriensis (Golden Bird) · S. tora (Casse Puante Petite Espece) · S. uniflora (Oneleaf Senna) · S. wislizeni (Shrubby Senna)

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Further Reading

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A medical manual for Apothecaries' Hall and other medical boards / London: John Churchill, 1852. url p. 301.
Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 673.
Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 105.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1916- url p. 10, p. 12, p. 62, p. 70.
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. London, Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press [etc.], 1848-1968. url p. 283.
Strasburger's Text-book of botany. Rewritten by Dr. Hans Fitting. .. Dr. Ludwig Jost. .. Dr. Heinrich Schenck. .. Dr. George Karsten. London, Macmillan, 1921. url p. 670.

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876751
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-684
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13640274
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518324-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 100067
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505142
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SEAN6
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 28652

Last Revised: 7/15/2012