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Cassia tora L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Cassia L.

Cassia tora L. [Accepted]
    Senna Miller tora (L.)Roxb. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Tanzania (U) [106]
  Asia
    China (N) [106]; India-ISO (N) [106]
  Pacific Ocean
    Fiji (U) [106]
  
HABITATS: -
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink; Medicine; Weed; Environmental; Forage

  
NOTES:
  Status in Tanzania uncertain; only one doubtful record (FTEA ref.106),
  Most African records attributable to C.obtusifolia(q.v).(Brenan FTEA ref.106).


DATA SOURCES:

106.

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

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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