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Senna bicapsularis (L.)Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna bicapsularis (L.)Roxb. [Preferred name]
    Adipera bicapsularis (L.)Britton & Wilson {Synonym}
    Adipera spiciflora Pittier {Synonym}
    Cassia berterii Colla {Synonym}
    Cassia bicapsularis L. {Synonym}
    Cassia bicapsularis var. aristata DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia bicapsularis var. quadrijuga DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia collae G.Don {Synonym}
    Cassia emarginata L. {Synonym}
    Cassia inflata Spreng. {Synonym}
    Cassia laevigata sensu Prain, non Willd. {Synonym}
    Cassia limensis Lam. {Synonym}
    Cassia sennoides Jacq. {Synonym}
    Cassia spiciflora (Pittier)Pittier {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus bicapsularis (L.)Ham. {Synonym}
    Chamaefistula inflata G.Don {Synonym}
    Isandrina arborescens Raf. {Synonym}
    Isandrina emarginata (L.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Yellow Candle Wood [2265]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Egypt (I) [8]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Ghana (I) [11]; Kenya (I) [106]; Malawi (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Senegal (I) [11]; Sierra Leone (I) [11]; Somalia (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [107]; Sudan (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]; Zaire (I) [113]; Zambia (I) [28]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
China (I) [3407]; Guangdong [3407]; Guangxi [3407]; India (I) [2002, 3019, 3091, 3391, 3911]; Assam [3391]; Maharashtra [3019]; Manipur [3391]; Meghalaya [3391]; Mizoram [3391]; Nagaland [3391]; Tripura [3391]; West Bengal [3091]; Indonesia (I) [261, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [3911]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (I) [2002]; Vietnam (I) [1935]
  Australasia
New Caledonia (U) [2265]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [151, 1430]
  Central America
Guatemala (U) [151]; Panama (U) [151, 1224]
  North America
United States (U) [151]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (U) [2265]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2265]
  South America
Chile (U) [151]; Colombia (U) [151]; Ecuador (U) [151]; French Guiana (U) [151]; Guyana (U) [151]; Peru (U) [151]; Venezuela (U) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 113, 149, 261, 1935, 2002, 2023, 3001, 3391, 3407, 3911] ; Illustration [149, 1935, 2002, 3391, 3407]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [261], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) K

  
USES:
  Environmental [106, 1935, 2002, 2023, 2265, 3019, 3391, 3898]; Food and Drink [1935]; Wood [1935]

  
NOTES:
  Native of W.Indies and S.America; often cultivated, naturalised in some areas. [261]
  Cultivated specimens tend to climb/trail; natural specimens are more erect. [3911]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

107.

  Ross, J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

113.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

149.

  Valenti, G.S., 1971
    Webbia 26:1-99. Adumbr.Fl.Aeth.;Caesalpin; gen.Cassia.

151.

  Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.35:1-918[in 2 parts]American Cassiinae

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1935.

  Larsen, K. et al, 1980
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18.A.

2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3091.

  Prain, D., 1903
    Bengal Plants Vol 1

3391.

  Singh, V., 2001
    Monograph on Indian Subtribe Cassiinae (Caesalpiniaceae)

3407.

  Chen, P.Y., 1988
    Erythrophloeum &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Legum. 1)

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3911.

  DeWit, H.C.D., 1955
    Webbia 11:197-292.Revision of Gen. Cassia as occ.in Malaysia
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