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Senna alexandrina Mill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna alexandrina Mill. [Preferred name]
    Cassia acutifolia Delile {Synonym}
    Cassia alexandrina (Garsault)Thell. {Synonym}
    Cassia angustifolia M.Vahl {Synonym}
    Cassia senna L. {Synonym}
    Senna acutifolia (Delile)Batka {Synonym}
    Senna alexandrina Garsault {Synonym}
    Senna angustifolia (Vahl)Batka {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Afrikanskaya Senna Alexandrian Senna [11, 151, 3391]; Bhuikhakhasa [3391]; Bombay Senna [3391]; Hindisana [3391]; Indian Senna [3030]; Kassiya Ostrolistnaya [4145]; Sana [3030]; Sen [2157]; Sen De Espana [151]; Sene [2157]; Sene Grandes Feuilles [2157]; Senna [106]; Senna-i-Makki [2021]; Tinnevelly Senna [151, 3030, 3391]; True Senna [151, 2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [106]; Djibouti (N) [106, 239]; Egypt (N) [11]; Ethiopia (N) [106]; Kenya (N) [106]; Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (U) [106]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Somalia (N) [106]; Sudan (N) [106]
  Asia
Azerbaijan (I) Azerbaijan* [4169]; India (N) [106, 1914, 1945, 2021, 3017, 3391]; Andhra Pradesh [3391]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3391]; Kerala [3391]; Madhaya Pradesh [3391]; Maharashtra [2021]; Orissa [3391]; Rajasthan [3391]; Tamil Nadu [1945]; Uttar Pradesh [3391]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Pakistan (N) [2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [2023]; Tadzhikistan (I) [4427]; Uzbekistan (I) Surhandarinskaya [4145]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [151, 2157]; Haiti (I) [151, 2157]
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (I) [151]; Guerrero [151]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [106]; South Yemen (I) [1939]; United Arab Emirates (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 149, 151, 1859, 1862, 2021, 2023, 2157, 3391] ; Illustration [10, 149, 1859, 2021, 3391]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [4145] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [3581], Shrub [4145] ; Lifespan: Perennial [4145] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (CIS) Roskov Yu, SytinA, YakovlevG (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Medicine [14, 106, 2021, 2023, 3030, 3391]

  
NOTES:
  Cassia angustifolia are regarded as separate species within the genus Cassia [4427]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

10.

  Aubreville, A., 1950
    La Flore Forestiere Soudano-Guineene

11.

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

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

106.

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

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

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1945.

  Gamble, J.S., 1918
    Flora of the Presidency of Madras,Vol.1.(Parts 2-3) 1918-19

2021.

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

2023.

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

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3391.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

4145.

  Drobov, V.P., 1955
    In:Flora Uzbekistanica, Vol.3. Taschkent. (Rus)

4169.

  Gadzhiev, V.D. & Musaev, S.G., 1994
    Information from BAK Herbarium (Baku, Azerbaijan).

4427.

  Ovchinnikov, P.N., 1978
    In:Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR,2nd ed., Vol.5. Leningrad.
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