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Senna surattensis
Accepted name	Senna surattensis (Burm. f.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Synonyms	Cassia fastigiata Vahl1, 4 Cassia galuca Lam.6 Cassia galuca Lam. var. koenigii Kurz4 Cassia galuca Lam. var. suffruticosa (Roth)Baker1, 4, 7 Cassia suffruiticosa Roth5 Cassia suffruticosa Roth1, 4, 7 Cassia surattensis Burm. f.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Cassia surattensis Burm. f. subsp. suffruticosa (Roth)K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen1, 4 Cassia surattensis Burm. f. var. suffruticosa (Roth)Ali9 Psilorhegma suffruticosa (Roth) Britton & Rose1 Senna speciosa Roxb.1 Senna surattensis (Burm. f.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby var. suffruticosa (Roth)Isely10
Taxonomy	Tribe: Cassieae;  Genus: Senna
Vernacular names	Glaucous Cassia (En)4
Descriptors	Perennial non-climbing tree
Uses	Environmental2; Environmental11; Environmental12; Environmental13; Environmental4; Environmental14; Food and Drink11; Medicine11; Medicine4
Notes	Much confused with Senna sulfurea.; Occurrence of this taxon in the Society Islands is questionable.15; Often cultivated in Thailand. Cultivated thruoghout the tropics.16; De Wit's decsription of S. surattensis has become muddled with S. sulfurea.5; Native to S.E. Asia.2; Native of S.E. Asia; widely cultivated in the Tropics.17

Geographical records	Africa18, 19:   Ghana(I)19, Ivory Coast(I)19, Nigeria(I)19, Tanzania(I)19, Togo(I)19, Zaire(I)18, Zimbabwe(I)19 Asia2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39:   Bangladesh(N)34, Bhutan(I)12, Burma(U)5, China(I)7, India(N)4, 5, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, India-ISO(N)18, Indonesia-ISO(N)17, 18, Irian Jaya(N)17, Laos(I)11, Malaysia-ISO(N)18, Myanmar(N)30, Pakistan(I)22, Philippines(U)5, Ryukyu Is(I)6, Singapore(I)39, Sri Lanka(I)18, 23, Taiwan(I)3, 7, Thailand(I)16, Vietnam(I)11 Australasia18:   Australia(N)18, Papua New Guinea(N)17 Caribbean:   Caribbean-TRP(U)1, 8 China:   Fujian7, Guangdong7, Guangxi7 India:   Andhra Pradesh37, Arunachal Pradesh30, Assam30, Bihar28, Delhi31, Goa4, Gujarat25, Haryana30, Himachal Pradesh29, Jammu-Kashmir30, Karnataka20, Kerala4, Madhaya Pradesh32, Maharashtra26, Manipur30, Meghalaya30, Mizoram30, Nagaland30, Orissa4, Pondicherry30, Punjab30, Rajasthan27, Sikkim30, Tamil Nadu21, Tripura30, Uttar Pradesh35, 36, 38, West Bengal33, Yanan30 Indian Ocean2, 40, 41:   Maldives(U)41, Mauritius(I)2, Reunion(I)2, Rodrigues(I)40 North America10:   United States(I)1, 10 Pacific Ocean1, 15, 17, 42, 43:   Bismarck Archipelago(N)17, Cook Is(I)43, Hawaii(U)1, Marshall Is(I)42, Northern Marianas(I)42, Society Is(I)15, Solomon Is(U)17, Tonga(I)43 United States:   California10, Florida10, Texas10 (N = native, I = introduced, U = uncertain status)
Habitats (for Africa only)	Cultivated44
Literature citations	Description2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 45, 46;  Illustration4, 7, 11, 16, 47
Sources	2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005);     Coordinator: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV
References	1: Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C. (1982) Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 1-918 [in 2 parts] American Cassiinae 2: Polhill, R, M. (1990) Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a 3: Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H. (1993) Leguminosae. In Flora of Taiwan, 2nd Ed. 3: 148-421. Taipei, Tai 4: Singh, V. (2001) Monograph on Indian Subtribe Cassiinae (Caesalpiniaceae) 5: Irwin. H.S. & Barneby, R.C. (1982) Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 35 (1 & 2): 1-918 The American Cassiinae 6: Walker, E.H. (1976) Flora of Okinawa and S. Ryukyu islands. Washing. Smithson. Inst 7: Chen, P.Y. (1988) Erythrophloeum & ... In: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 39 (Legum. 1) 8: Liogier, A.H. (1988) Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II 9: Polhill, R.M. (2001) Pers. comm. 10: Isely, D. (1998) Native & naturalized Leg. of the USA. Brigham Young Univ. Utah 11: Larsen, K. et al (1980) In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18. A. 12: Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1987) Flora of Bhutan, Vol. 1. (Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG 13: Hotta, M et al (1989) Sekai Yuhyou-shokubutu (Useful Pls. of World) Heibonsha. Tokyo 14: Backer, C.A. (1963) Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands 15: Welsh, S.L. (1998) Flora Societensis 16: Larsen, K. et al. (1984) Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1. In: T. Smithinand & K. Larsen 17: Verdcourt, B. (1979) A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG 18: Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1952) Flore du Congo Belge, Vol. 3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae. 19: Lock, J.M. (1985) Specimen in Herb. Kew 20: Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H. (1976) Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India. 21: Gamble, J.S. (1918) Flora of the Presidency of Madras, Vol. 1. (Parts 2-3) 1918-19 22: Ali, S.I. (1973) Flora of Pakistan, No. 54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi: Univ Karac 23: Rudd, V.E. (1991) Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae 24: Chen, T.C. (1988) Flora Reipubl. Popular Sin. Vol. 39. Science Press. Beijing 25: Shah, G.L. (1978) Flora of Gujarat State Vol. 1 26: Cooke, T. (1903) The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol. 1 27: Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V. (1987) Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1. Flora of India Series 2 28: Haines, H.H. (1908) The Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur 29: Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M. (1984) Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1 30: Sanjappa, M. (2000) Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript 31: Maheshwari, J.K. (1963) The Flora of Delhi 32: Singh, A.N. (1993) In: Verma, D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. 1. 33: Naskar, K. (1993) Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta Vol. 1 34: Khatun, R.B. (1987) Tree Legumes of Bangladesh 35: Sharma, A.K. & Dhakre, J.S. (1995) Flora of Agra District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. 36: Srivastava, T.N. (1976) Flora Gorakhpurensis 37: Venkataraju, R.R. & Pullaiah, T. (1986) J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 8: 239-241. Cassia suffruticosa-little... 38: Kanjilal, U.N. (1928) Forest Flora of Chakrata, Dehra Dun & Saharanpur Forest... 39: Keng, H. (1990) Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore 40: Strahm, W. (1989) Plant Red Data Book for Rodrigues 41: Willis, J.C. & Gardiner, J.S. (1901) Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 1: 45-164 Botany of Maldive Is. 42: Fosberg, F.R. et al. (1979) A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae 43: Horn, P.E. (1988) Herbarium References 44: Brenan, J.P.M. (1967) Caesalp. In: Flora Trop. East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill 45: Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K (1996) Flora Malesiana I, 12, 2: 409-784. Caesalpiniaceae. 46: Corner, E.J. H (1952) Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore. 47: Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H. (1977) In: Li, H.L. et al. (Eds.) Flora of Taiwan, Vol. 3: 148-421.

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