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Senna obtusifolia

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Name

Identification
Cassia obtusifolia L. [family FABACEAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby [family FABACEAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE ] Cassia tora L. [family FABACEAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Emelista tora
  • Senna obtusifolia
  • Cassia diffusa
  • Cassia tora
  • Cassia obovata
  • Cassia not on sheet
  • Cassia obtusifolia
Common name
  • (Senegal) vellekje (JB) yagraf (JB) yoûla (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • casse puante (Berhaut); cassia fétide (Kerharo & Adam, Bailleul)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • m-bentamaré (auctt.) (SENEGAL, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • diãmbanduri (JB) kasala (K&A) méta (JB) tiaman (SENEGAL, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • (Hassaniya) völlèkjo (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • pantamaria (FNH) (MAURITANIA, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • aljanow (FNH) (MAURITANIA, FULA-TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • foetid cassia (correctly this is the true Cassia tora Linn.; sickle senna (The Gambia, Tattersall)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for SENNA obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barne [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 obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barne [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], by (1982);
Cassia obtusifolia L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1753). Fig. 188 B, C. [type as above]
Cassia tora [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], sensu auctt., non L.
Information
Erect herb or shrub 0.6–2.5 m high. Leaves 5–13 cm long, with a cylindrical gland between each of 1–2 pairs of leaflets; stipules linear; leaflets 3 pairs, obovate, (1–)1.5–6 x (0.5–)1–4 cm, subglabrous to pubescent. Flowers 1–2 on generally very short axillary peduncles; pedicels (0.5–)1.5–3.5(–4.5 in fruit) cm long. Sepals rounded at apex. Petals yellow, obovate, 1–2 cm long. Stamens: 3 lower ones longest with the anthers narrowed into a neck towards their tips, 4 somewhat smaller and 3 very small. Pods linear, straight, or curved, slightly angular in section, (6–)13–23 x 0.4–0.6(–0.7) cm, dehiscent, glabrescent. Seeds many, longitudinally arranged, brown, subrhombic or ovoid, 4.5–6.5 x 2–4 mm, with a very narrow areole on each face.
Range
S3 pantropical.
Altitude range
less than 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Warfa & Warsame 1078; Scassellati s.n.

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