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Senna spectabilis (DC.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna spectabilis (DC.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Cassia amazonica Ducke {Synonym}
    Cassia carnaval Speg. {Synonym}
    Cassia edulis Posada-Ar. {Synonym}
    Cassia excelsa var. acutifolia Hassl. {Synonym}
    Cassia humboldtiana DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia speciosa Kunth {Synonym}
    Cassia spectabilis DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia totonaca Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}
    Cassia trinitatis DC. {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus humboldtianus Loudon {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus speciosus (DC.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus trinitatis (DC.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bruscon [151]; Canafistola Macho [151]; Canchin [151]; Candelilla [151]; Candelillo [151]; Carnaval [151]; Chiquichique [151]; Flor De Los Muertos [151]; Flor De Todos Los Santos [151]; Frijolillo [151]; Golden Shower [3391]; Kaha-Kona [2023]; Munjal-kona [4751]; Ramo [151]; Tarantan [151]; Vasito Sucio [151]; Velero [151]; Yuto [151]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (I) [110]; Burundi (I) [8]; Cameroon (I) [8]; Central African Rep. (I) [8]; Chad (I) [64]; Kenya (I) [8]; Malawi (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [107]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Togo (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [113]; Zambia (I) [28]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (I) [1947]; China (I) [3407]; Guangdong [3407]; Yunnan [3407]; Hong Kong (I) [1959]; India (I) [1914, 3018, 3028, 3391]; Karnataka [3018]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3391]; West Bengal [1914]; Malaysia (I) [1936, 3911]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (I) [2002]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [151, 1430]
  Central America
El Salvador (I) [2156]; Honduras (N) [151]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [151]; Mexico(South East) (N) [151, 1117, 1188]; Panama (N) [151, 1224]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  South America
Argentina (N) [151]; Bolivia (N) [151]; Brazil (N) [151, 1414]; Colombia (N) [151]; Ecuador (N) [151]; Paraguay (N) [151]; Peru (N) [151]; Venezuela (N) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [107, 261, 1430, 1947, 2002, 2023, 3001, 3391, 3407, 3911] ; Illustration [2002, 3391]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub [3581], Tree [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] ; 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, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) No

  
USES:
  Environmental [107, 261, 1947, 2002, 2023, 3001, 3028]

  
NOTES:
  Native to South America. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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8.

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    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.35:1-918[in 2 parts]American Cassiinae

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1915.

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    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1936.

  De Wit, H., 1955
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1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1959.

  Thrower, S.L., 1988
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2002.

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

2023.

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

2156.

  Berendsohn, W.G. & AranivaGonza, 1979
    Cuscatlania 1(2):1-16

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
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3018.

  Rao, R.R. & Razi, B.A., 1980
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3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3391.

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3407.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
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3911.

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    Webbia 11:197-292.Revision of Gen. Cassia as occ.in Malaysia

4751.

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    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
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