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Chamaecrista absus (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista absus (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Cassia absus L. {Synonym}
    Cassia babylonica Schrank {Synonym}
    Cassia coccinea Wall. {Synonym}
    Cassia exigua Roxb. {Synonym}
    Cassia foliolis L. {Synonym}
    Cassia thonningii DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia viscida Zoll. {Synonym}
    Grimaldia absus (L.)Link {Synonym}
    Grimaldia opifera Schrank {Synonym}
    Senna absus (L.)Roxb. {Synonym}
    Senna exigua Roxb. {Synonym}
    Senna quadrifolia Burm. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Banar [3030, 3091, 3625]; Chaksu [3030, 3091, 3625]; Chiksi [3028, 3629]; Chimar [3629]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [113]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [8, 11]; Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Namibia (N) [107]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]; South Africa (N) [107]; Sudan (N) [29]; Swaziland (N) [107]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Togo (N) [8]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [113]; Zambia (N) [113]; Zimbabwe (N) [113]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3628]; Bhutan (N) [3366]; East Timor (I) [3911]; India (N) [1914, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3091, 3094, 3096, 3100, 3118, 3141, 3366, 3375, 3377, 3378, 3384, 3391, 3392, 3584, 3609]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3609]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3391]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3391]; Himachal Pradesh [3141]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3096]; Kerala [3391]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3391]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3392]; West Bengal [3091, 3118, 3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [1941, 3911]; Jawa (N) [3911]; Myanmar (N) [3366]; Nepal (N) [3366]; Pakistan (N) [2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [2023]; Sulawesi (N) [3911]; Thailand (N) [2002]; Vietnam (N) [1935]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [151]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Jamaica (I) [151]; Netherlands Antilles (I) [151]
  Central America
Costa Rica (U) [151]; Guatemala (N) [151, 1470]; Honduras (N) [151, 1470]; Mexico(North & Central) (I) [151, 1470]
  Indian Ocean
Chagos Archipelago (U) [3072]; Madagascar (N) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [3052]
  Middle East
South Yemen (N) [1939]
  North America
United States (N) [151, 1470, 3157]; Arizona [151, 1470, 3157]
  South America
Bolivia (U) [151]; Brazil (U) [151]; Ecuador (U) [151]; Paraguay (U) [151]; Peru (U) [151]; Venezuela (U) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [106];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [106];
    Sudanian grasslands [11];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 107, 113, 151, 261, 1470, 1790, 1935, 2002, 2021, 2023, 3001, 3017, 3391, 3402, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [106, 261, 3391, 3402, 3628]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb [261] [3157], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [3052] [3157], Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2004 (Malesia)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2021, 3030]; Food and Drink [3034, 3391]; Medicine [14, 113, 121, 151, 2021, 3019, 3030, 3391, 3625]; Weed [261, 2002]

  
NOTES:
  Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [3052]
  Rare in S.E.Asia although widespread in the tropics. [1935]
  Grassland weed, possibly harmful to livestock (contains depressant alkaloid). [261]
  Native of Old World Tropics. [3911]
  Possibly no longer exists on Mauritius. [1915]

  
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