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Senna obtusifolia

(Brusca Cimarrona)

Overview

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The leaves are used as a vegetable in Malaysia, but are purgative . Known as 'fawal a meat substitute (20% protein) in Sudan Disar (J, Econ Bot, 1984).

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Brusca Cimarrona, Brusca Hembra, Charamazca, Coffee Weed, Coffeeweed, Dormidera, Fedegosa, Fedegoso, Hediondilla, Java-Bean, Low Senna, Matapasto, Pistache Marron, Sicklepod, Sicklepod Senna, Taperiva

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Chakwar

Common Names in Malagasy:

Akondrondolo

Description

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Family Caesalpiniaceae

The Caesalpiniaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 150 genera and 2,200 species. The leaves are stipulate , alternate, and mostly pinnately compound but may be bipinnate or simple . Like the other legume families the petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus. The flowers are in racemes , spikes or cymes, are zygomorphic, and are mostly weakly to strongly perigynous. The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each; the petals are distinct , overlapping (i.e. , imbricate) in bud, with the posterior one (flag or banner ) innermost in position. The androecium usually consists of 1-10 distinct or variously united stamens, some of which are commonly reduced to nonfunctional staminodes. The pistil is simple, consisting of one style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

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

Species Senna obtusifolia

2-3 pairs obovate lflets; gland on rachis between lowest pair of leafelts only. Yellow flowers in pairs; pods slightly 4-angled with 20-24 seeds.

Habit: Herb, ShrubClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August, September. • Flower Color: yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 12-18" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Ambiguous Synonyms

  1. Cassia Tora Sensu Auct.

Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Cassia humilis Collad.
  2. Cassia obtusifolia L.
  3. Cassia tora var. b Wight & Arn.
  4. Cassia tora var. humilis (Collad.)collad.
  5. Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.)haines
  6. Cassia toroides Raf.
  7. Diallobus falcatus Raf.
  8. Diallobus uniflorus Raf.
  9. Senna toroides Roxb.

Notes

Publishing author : Haines Basionym author: (L.) Publishing author: Collad. Publishing author: L. Publication : Sp. Pl. 377 1753 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:252. 1982

Name verified on 09-Sep-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Sep-2002

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Senna

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 585 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. anthoxantha · S. hirsuta var. puberula · S. timoriensis · S. divaricata · S. acanthoclada (Senna) · S. acclinis · S. aciphylla · S. aculeata · S. acuparata · S. acuruensis · S. acuruensis var. acuruensis · S. acuruensis var. catingae · S. acuruensis var. interjecta · S. acuta · S. acutifolia · S. acutisepala · S. affinis · S. alata (Seven Golden Candlesticks) · S. alcaparra · S. alexandrina (Sn Grandes Feuilles) · S. andrieuxii · S. angulata · S. angulata var. angulata · S. angulata var. miscadena · S. angustifolia · S. angustisiligua · S. angustisiliqua (Briser M‚nage) · S. angustisiliqua var. angustisiliqua · S. angustisiliqua var. fulgens · S. angustisiliqua var. inaguensis · S. ankaranensis · S. anthoxantha · S. aphyla · S. aphylla · S. apiculata · S. apiculata var. apiculata · S. apiculata var. longipes · S. appendiculata · S. apsidoneura · S. araucarietorum · S. arborescens · S. argentea · S. arida · S. aristeguietae · S. armata (Desert Senna) · S. arnottiana · S. artemesioides · S. artemisioides (Feathery Cassia) · S. artemisioides alicia · S. artemisioides artemisioides (Feathery Cassia) · S. artemisioides coriacea · S. artemisioides filifolia · S. artemisioides helmsii · S. artemisioides nothoartemisioides · S. artemisioides nothocoriacea (Feathery Cassia) · S. artemisioides oligophylla · S. artemisioides petiolaris (Cassia) · S. artemisioides sturtii · S. artemisioides subsp. alicia · S. artemisioides subsp. artemisioides · S. artemisioides subsp. circinnata · S. artemisioides subsp. coriacea · S. artemisioides subsp. filifolia · S. artemisioides subsp. glaucifolia · S. artemisioides subsp. hamersleyensis · S. artemisioides subsp. helmsii · S. artemisioides subsp. oligophylla · S. artemisioides subsp. petiolaris · S. artemisioides subsp. quadrifolia · S. artemisioides subsp. stricta · S. artemisioides subsp. sturtii · S. artemisioides subsp. symonii · S. artemisioides subsp. zygophylla · S. artemisioides symonii · S. artemisioides x coriacea · S. artemisioides zygophylla · S. atomaria (Flor De San Jose) · S. atomeria · S. aurantia · S. aurata · S. auriculata (Tanner's Cassia) · S. aversiflora · S. aversifolia · S. aymara · S. baccarinii · S. bacillaris (West Indian Showertree) · S. bacillaris var. bacillaris (West Indian Showertree) · S. bacillaris var. benthamiana (West Indian Showertree) · S. barclayana · S. bassilaris · S. bauhinioides (Twinleaf Senna) · S. bauhinoides · S. benitoensis · S. bicapsularis (Yellow Candle Wood) · S. bicapsularis 'California Gold' · S. bicapsularis var. augusti (Yellow Candlewood) · S. bicapsularis var. bicapsularis · S. birostris · S. birostris var. arequipensis · S. birostris var. birostris

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 241.740 meters (793.110 feet), Standard Deviation = 432.610 based on 603 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009