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Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Cassia didymobotrya Fresen. {Synonym}
    Cassia nairobensis L.H.Bailey {Synonym}
    Cassia nairobiensis L.H.Bailey {Synonym}
    Cassia verdickii De Wild. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  At Tora [2023]; Rata Tora [2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [106]; Ethiopia (N) [106]; Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [106]; Mozambique (N) [106]; Namibia (U) [107]; South Africa (U) [107]; Sudan (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]; Zambia (N) [106]; Zimbabwe (N) [106]
  Asia
Hainan (I) [3407]; India (I) [151, 3027, 3366, 3372, 3377, 3391]; Assam [3391]; Delhi [3372]; Karnataka [3366]; Kerala [3391]; Manipur [3391]; Punjab [3377]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3391]; Indonesia (I) [1936, 3898]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [3911]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (I) [151, 2023]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [8, 261]
  Caribbean
Cuba (I) [151]
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1470]; Panama (I) [151, 1224]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Yemen (I) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [8, 151, 1470, 3157]; Arizona [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1949]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; Tonga (I) [2265]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [106];
    Somalia-Masai woodland [106];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [106];
    Zambezian woodland [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 113, 261, 1862, 1919, 2021, 3391, 3402, 3407, 3627, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [106, 113, 149, 261, 1919, 2021, 3083, 3391, 3407]

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, Shrub [261], Tree [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2004 (Malesia)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [42]; Environmental [113, 1914, 2021, 2023, 2265, 3911]; Forage [2021]; Medicine [42, 52, 107, 2023, 3391]; Toxins [7, 42, 52, 3391]

  
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8.

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

42.

  Dale, I.R. & Greenway, P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

52.

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    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa

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.

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    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

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  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

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  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

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    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

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1915.

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1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1936.

  De Wit, H., 1955
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1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
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1949.

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2021.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan, No.54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac

2023.

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2265.

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3157.

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3377.

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3391.

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3402.

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    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3407.

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

3581.

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3911.

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