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Senna italica Miller

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Miller

Senna italica Miller [Accepted]
    Cassia L. italica (Miller)F.W.Andrews {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Italian Senna [11]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [106]; Botswana (N) [106]
    Cameroon (N) [111]; Cape Verde (N) [153]; Chad (N) [106]
    Djibouti (N) [239]; Egypt (N) [153]; Ethiopia (N) [106]
    Gambia The (N) [153]; Kenya (N) [106]; Libya (N) [141]
    Mali (N) [106]; Namibia-ISO (N) [106]; Niger (N) [11]
    Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [106]; Somalia (N) [106]
    South Africa (N) [153]; Sudan (N) [153]
    Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]
    Western Sahara (N) [153]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [153]; Iran (N) [153]
  Middle East
    Israel (N) [153]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone - bushland and thicket. [33]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [106]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1798]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine

  
NOTES:
  Three subspecies (Brenan ref.153).
  Nodulation data from Cassia italica (Miller)F.W.Herb. ssp. italica [1798]
  Nodulation data from Cassia italica (Miller)F.W.Herb ssp. micrantha Brenan


DATA SOURCES:

11.

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

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

106.

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

111.

   Aubreville,A., 1965
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

141.

   Jafri,S.M.N., 1978
    Caesalpiniaceae.In:Flora of Libya pt.61 (Jafri & El Gadi,Ed)
    Caesalpiniaceae.In:Flora of Libya pt.61 (Jafri & El Gadi,Ed)

153.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1958
    Kew Bull.13:231-252. New...Cassias from Tropical Africa.
    Kew Bull.13:231-252. New...Cassias from Tropical Africa.

239.

   Bavazzano,R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

1798.

   Mahmood,A. & Iqbal,P., 1994
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
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