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Senna petersiana (Bolle)Lock

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Miller

Senna petersiana (Bolle)Lock [Accepted]
    Cassia L. petersiana Bolle {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dwarf Cassia [107]; Eared Cassia [107]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (N) [106]; Central African Rep. (N) [106]
    Ethiopia (N) [106]; Kenya (N) [106]; Mozambique (N) [106]
    Rwanda (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [106]; Sudan (N) [106]
    Swaziland (N) [107]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]
    Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [107]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [106], Sudanian woodland [106]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [106], Zambezian woodland [106]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,113,121]

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data from Cassia petersiana Bolle [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

28.

   White,F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

106.

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

107.

   Ross,J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

113.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

121.

   Watt,J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk,M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern 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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