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Senna ellisiae

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Identification
Senna ellisiae (Brenan) Lock [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mackinder, Cassia unrecorded unrecorded [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE ] Cassia ellisae Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE ] Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Cassia longiracemosa Vatke [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Senna ellisiae
  • Cassia longiracemosa
  • Cassia unrecorded
  • Cassia ellisae

Flora

Entry for SENNA ellisiae (Brenan) Lock [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 ellisiae (Brenan) Lock [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1988);
Cassia ellisiae Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1958), as “ ellisae ”. [type as above]
Information
Shrub or small tree, 1–3 m high; branches glabrous. Leaves 4–8 cm long, eglandular; leaflets 5–7(–9) pairs, obovate-elliptic, 3.5–11 x 2.5–6 mm, rounded to subacute at the apex,glabrous or ciliate. Racemes 10–30 cm long. Petals yellow, 20–32 mm long. Stamens: 2 anthers large, 5 medium-sized, 3 small. Pods oblong, flattened, 4.5–7.5 x 1.5–2.5 cm, not crested, but rounded over each seed, glabrous. Seeds transversely arranged, compressed, oblong, 8 x 4 mm, reticulate, with an areole on each face.
Range
N3; C1, 2; S1, 2
Altitude range
30–350 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 22253, 22459; Hemming 130.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Notes
Jalelo gel (Som.).

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