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Name

Identification
Chamaefistula ignota Britton & Rose [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Senna fruticosa (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Chamaefistula ignota
  • Cassia oxyphylla
  • Cassia fruticosa
  • Cassia bacillaris
  • Cassia densiflora
  • Senna fruticosa
  • Cassia berlandieri
  • Chamaefistula not on sheet
Common name
  • Christmas bush (Trinidad, Wong)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Information

Entry for Senna fruticosa (Mill.) Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Cassia fruticosa Mill. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Senna fruticosa (Mill.) Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English Christmas bush (Trinidad, Wong).
Uses
(flowers) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (flowers) Phytochemistry: alkaloids
Products
english: Christmas bush
Description
A shrub or small tree to 7∙5 m high with a brief bole and sparsely branched crown; pale or dull yellow flowers; native of tropical S America, now introduced to many tropical areas including W Africa.The plant is under cultivation in the Region, but there
References
Reference:1. Wong, W, 1976: 123.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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