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3536.020 Senna
CASSIA L. p.p.
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees, shrubs, subshrubs or herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with spherical to clavate or cylindric glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in racemes; pedicels without bracteoles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens usually 10; filaments straight, shorter than or not over twice as long as the basifixed anthers. Pods (in ours) shorter than in Cassia, i.e. less than 30 cm, terete or flattened, indehiscent or tardily dehiscent, valves not twisting. Worldwide: c.240 species, pantropical, most numerous in the New World The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| hirsuta (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| italica Mill. subsp. arachoides (Burch.) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,S | Description, Image |
| italica Mill. subsp. micrantha (Brenan) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,S | |
| obtusifolia (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| occidentalis (L.) Link | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pendula (Willd.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E | Description, Image |
| petersiana (Bolle) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| septemtrionalis (Viv.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| siamea (Lam.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | Description, Image |
| singueana (Delile) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Senna:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Senna pageFlora of Mozambique: Senna
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Senna
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Senna
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Senna
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Senna
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Senna
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