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Name

Identification
Cassia adenensis Benth. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Cassia somalensis Serrato-Valenti [family CAESALPINIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Cassia somalensis
  • Cassia obovata
  • Senna hookeriana
  • Cassia adenensis

Flora

Entry for SENNA hookeriana Batka [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]
Names
SENNA hookeriana Batka [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1863);
Cassia adenensis Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1871), non C. hookeriana Gillies. [type as above]
Cassia corneliana Vatke [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1880);. type: N2, “Meit”, Hildebrandt 1319 (W holo., not seen).
Cassia adenensis (Vatke) Chiov. var. corneliana [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 176 (1932);. type: N2, “Meit”, Hildebrandt 1319 (W holo., not seen).
Cassia somalensis Serrato [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1971);. type: N1, Busteh, 16 km inland from Berbera, Bally 11857 (G holo., K MOG iso.).
Information
Shrub, erect, up to at least 2 m tall; young branches sparsely pubescent with minute appressed hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves 7.5–13.5 cm long, eglandular; stipules subulate, 3–5 mm long; leaflets 5–8 pairs, ovate-elliptic, 1.7–3 x (0.7–)1–2 cm, obtuse to subacute at the apex, appressed puberulous. Racemes 10–30 cm long; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, c. 10 mm long. Petals yellow, c. 16–18 cm long. Stamens 10: 2 anthers large, 5 medium-sized, 3 small. Pods shortly oblong, slightly curved, flattened, 3–4.4 x 1.2–1.6(–2) cm, dehiscent. Seeds transversely arranged, compressed, apiculate, rugose, ripe ones not seen.
Range
N1–3
Altitude range
up to c. 1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 5946; Bally 10391; Newbould 1029.
Distribution (external)
S Arabia
Notes
Jalelo, jalelo gel (Som.).

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