bu bun bu togan (JB) bu gérété ébé = ground-nut of cattle LAN(K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA-FLUP), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
diabañdur (JB) (SENEGAL, BADYARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
ékâgol (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Tentouck)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
bu gérété (JB) bu gérété ébé = ground-nut of cattle (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
korodièl (JB; K (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
four-leaved senna; black grain., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for CHAMAECRISTA absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Cassia absusL. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Erect or procumbent much-branched annual or short-lived perennial c. 0.1–1.2 m high, sticky on account of glandular-based setae in the indumentum. Leaves, apart from glandular hairs, with only a scale-like scarcely glandular structure between each of the 2 pairs of leaflets; leaflets obliquely elliptic or obovate, 1–4.5 x 0.8–3 cm. Racemes 1–13 cm long, with few to numerous small flowers. Sepals obtuse. Petals yellow to red or occasionally white, 5–7 mm long. Stamens 5, subequal. Pods linear-oblong, flat, (2.5–)4–5.5 x 0.6–0.8 cm, elastically dehiscent, pubescent and glandular hairy. Seeds brown to black, glossy, ovate or subrhombic, compressed, 4–5.5 x 3.4–4.5 mm.
Range
S1, 3 widespread in the Old World tropics.
Altitude range
up to c. 250 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 7068.
Notes
Seeds contain alkaloids which have powerful actions on the nervous and vascular systems, and are used accordingly for a variety of purposes in folk medicine.
