Senna singueana (Del.)Lock

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Senna Miller
Tribe: Cassieae
References: [1774]

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Other names:

• Cassia goratensis Fresen. [Synonym] [106]
  
• Cassia singueana Del. [Synonym] [1774]
  
• Cassia sinqueana Del. [Synonym] [107]
  
• Cassia zanzibarensis Vatke [Synonym] [106]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [121]
  
• Medicine [52]
  
• Toxins [52]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [113]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [111]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [111]
  • Ghana [11]
  • Ivory Coast [11]
  • Kenya [106]
  • Malawi [113]
  • Mali [11]
  • Namibia-ISO [107]
  • Niger [11]
  • Nigeria [11]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [106]
  • Uganda [106]
  • Zaire [113]
  • Zambia [113]
  • Zimbabwe [113]

• Indian Ocean
  • Comoro Is [106]

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Notes:

• Variable; see notes in Brenan,FTEA, ref.106.
  
• May hybridize with Cassia petersiana (q.v.) Brenan, FTEA, ref.106.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:50:40