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Senna singueana (Del.)Lock

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Miller

Senna singueana (Del.)Lock [Accepted]
    Cassia L. goratensis Fresen. {Synonym}
    Cassia L. singueana Del. {Synonym}
    Cassia L. sinqueana Del. {Synonym}
    Cassia L. zanzibarensis Vatke {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [113]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]
    Cameroon (N) [111]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [111]
    Ghana (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [106]
    Malawi (N) [113]; Mali (N) [11]; Namibia-ISO (N) [107]
    Niger (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Sudan (N) [29]
    Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [113]
    Zambia (N) [113]; Zimbabwe (N) [113]
  Indian Ocean
    Comoro Is (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [106], Sudanian woodland [106]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [106], Zambezian wooded grassland [106]
    Zambezian woodland [106]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; scrub woodland. [33]
  
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 [1785,52]; Toxins [1785,52,52]; Chemical products [1785,52, 52,121]

  
NOTES:
  Variable; see notes in Brenan,FTEA, ref.106.
  May hybridize with Cassia petersiana (q.v.) Brenan, FTEA, ref.106.
  Nodulation data from Cassia singueana Del. [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

29.

   Andrews,F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

33.

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

52.

   Verdcourt,B. & Trump,E.C., 1969
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

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.

111.

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

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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