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Senna bacillaris (L.f.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna bacillaris (L.f.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Bactyrilobium bacillare (L.f.)Hornem. {Synonym}
    Cassia bacillaris L.f. {Synonym}
    Cassia carthaginensis Steud. {Synonym}
    Cassia fockeana Miq. {Synonym}
    Cassia fruiticosa sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Cassia fruticosa sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Cassia inaequilatera DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia insignis N.E.Br. {Synonym}
    Cassia puberula Kunth {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus bacillus Pers. {Synonym}
    Chamaefistula bacillaris (L.f.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Chamaefistula inaequilatera G.Don {Synonym}
    Chamaefistula puberula G.Don {Synonym}
    Mimosa nodosa L. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [106]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [3898, 3911]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [3911]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sulawesi (N) [3911]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [151, 1430]
  Central America
Costa Rica (U) [151]; Nicaragua (U) [151]; Panama (U) [151, 1224]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (U) [151, 1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (U) [151]
  South America
Brazil (U) [151, 1414]; Colombia (U) [151]; Ecuador (U) [151]; Guyana (U) [151]; Peru (U) [151]; Surinam (U) [151]; Venezuela (U) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 261, 2002, 3011, 3898, 3911]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Habit: Shrub [261], Tree [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [2002, 3898]; Medicine [2002]

  
NOTES:
  Irwin & Barneby attribute cultivated material named as C.fruticosa to this [151]
  taxon. [151]
  Does not seed well. [261]
  Cultivated throughout the Tropics and Malaysia. [3911]
  Sometimes mistakenly called S. fruticosa(P.Miller)Irwin & Barneby. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

106.

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

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2002.

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

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

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

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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