Senna occidentalis (L.)Link

Senna occidentalis (L.)Link

Status: Accepted
Genus: Senna Miller
Tribe: Cassieae
References: [151][2827]

Other names:

Cassia caroliniana Walter [Synonym] [151]
Cassia ciliata Raf. [Synonym] [151]
Cassia falcata L. [Synonym] [151]
Cassia foetida Pers. [Synonym] [151]
Cassia laevigata sensu auct. [Misapplied] [3066][1915]
Cassia macradenia Colladon [Synonym] [151]
Cassia obliquifolia Schrank [Synonym] [151]
Cassia occidentalis L. [Synonym] [151][1414][1430][1470][1915][2825]
Cassia occidentalis (L.)Rose [Synonym] [151]
Cassia occidentalis L. Var. aristata Colladon [Synonym] [151]
Cassia planisiliqua L. [Synonym] [151]
Ditramexa occidentalis Britton & Rose [Synonym] [151]
Ditremexa occidentalis (L.)Britton & Wilson [Synonym] [151][1430][1470]
Senna occidentalis (L.)Roxb. [Synonym] [151]

Common Names:

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
- Shrub
Lifespan:
- Annual
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
- 1999-05 Heald J
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [1862]
Food and Drink [453] [1915] [2829] [2968]
Medicine [14] [405] [107] [2968] [2829] [1941] [52]
Toxins [2968] [3055]
Weed [1919] [1941] [2264] [2265]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [1765]
- Angola-ISO [110]
- Burundi [8]
- Cameroon [111]
- Central African Rep. [8]
- Chad [8]
- Djibouti [1765]
- Equatorial Guinea-ISO [11]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Gabon [112]
- Ghana [11]
- Guinea [11]
- Ivory Coast [11]
- Kenya [106]
- Liberia [11]
- Libya [141]
- Mali [11]
- Mozambique [8]
- Namibia-ISO [107]
- Niger [11]
- Nigeria [11]
- Rwanda [8]
- Senegal [11]
- Sierra Leone [11]
- South Africa [107]
- Sudan [29]
- Swaziland [107]
- Tanzania [106]
- Togo [11]
- Uganda [106]
- Zaire [113]
- Zambia [28]

Asia [261] [1914] [1929] [1935] [1936] [1939] [1957] [1979] [2002] [2021] [2085] [2825] [2835]
- Cambodia [1935]
- India [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1936]
- Iran [1939]
- Iraq [1939]
- Irian Jaya [261]
- Laos [1935]
- Malaysia-ISO [1936]
- Pakistan [2021]
- Philippines [1979]
- Ryukyu Is [2825]
- Sri Lanka [1957]
- Taiwan [1929]
- Thailand [2002]
- Vietnam [1935]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - South Australia
  - Western Australia
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Caribbean [453] [2153] [2157]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Cayman Is [453]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Haiti [2157]

Central America [1470] [2156]
- El Salvador [2156]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
- Mexico(South East) [1470]
- Panama [1224]

Indian Ocean [1915] [1941] [1982] [3054] [3055] [3065] [3067] [3076] [3080]
- Aldabra [1941] [3055]
- Chagos Archipelago [3065]
- Comoro Is [3054]
- Laccadive Is [3076]
- Madagascar [1982]
- Maldives [3080]
- Mauritius [1915] [3067]
- Reunion [1915]
- Rodrigues [1915]
- Seychelles [1941]

Middle East [1939]
- Lebanon [1939]
- Saudi Arabia [1939]
- South Yemen [1939]
- Yemen [1939]

North America
- United States [151] [1430] [1470]

Pacific Ocean [151] [261] [2080] [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266] [2835] [2968]
- Bismarck Archipelago [261]
- Cook Is [2265]
- Fiji [2264]
- Gilbert Is [2235]
- Hawaii [151]
- Marquesas [2968]
- Marshall Is [2235]
- Nauru [2235]
- Niue [2266]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Ogasawara-Shoto [2835]
- Samoa-JML [2265]
- Society Is [2968]
- Solomon Is [261]
- Tonga [2265]

South America [2285]
- Argentina [151]
- Bolivia [151]
- Brazil [151] [1414]
- Colombia [151]
- French Guiana [2285]
- Guyana [2285]
- Peru [151]
- Surinam [2285]

Notes:

Treated by many references under Cassia(eg. ref.453) [453]
Cassia laevigata sensu auct.: Synonym [09/16/99 08:35] [1915]
Species habit is herb or subshrub. [2825]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:50:32