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Senna italica Miller ssp. italica

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Miller

Senna italica Miller ssp. italica [Accepted]
    Cassia L. aschrek Forsskal {Synonym}
    Cassia L. italica (Miller)Sprengel ssp. italica {Synonym}
    Cassia L. obovata Colladon {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Italian Senna [153]; Senegal Senna [153]; Tripoli Senna [153]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (N) [111]; Cape Verde (N) [153]; Chad (N) [111]
    Djibouti (N) [8]; Egypt (N) [153]; Gambia The (N) [153]
    Libya (N) [141]; Mali (N) [11]; Niger (N) [11]
    Nigeria (N) [153]; Senegal (N) [153]; Somalia (N) [153]
    Sudan (N) [153]; Western Sahara (N) [153]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [153]
  Middle East
    del(Iran) (N) [153]; Israel (N) [153]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone - bushland and thicket. [33]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [153]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14]; Food and Drink [1785,14,14]

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data from Cassia obovata Colladon [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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

14.

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

33.

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

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.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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