Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby GRIN-Global

Taxon: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Summary

Genus:

Senna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Cassieae

Subtribe:

Cassiinae

Nomen number:

100044

Place of publication:

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:252. 1982

Verified:

09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

20 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cassia obtusifolia L.

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Reference(s)

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Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
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Common names

English
American sicklepod –
coffee-weed –
Java-bean –
sicklepod –
sicklepod senna –
Spanish (Caribbean)
dormidera –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Anguilla
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe	St. Barthelemy
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tucumán
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Los Ríos
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Ucayali
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Burkina Faso
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Gambia
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mauritania
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Equatorial Guinea
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Gabon
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Sao Tome and Principe
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Singapore
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Indonesia	Papua Barat
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	s.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Galápagos
6	Other					exact native range obscure

Native
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja California Sur]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe [St. Barthelemy], Jamaica, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Los Ríos, Napo], Peru [Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán], Paraguay

Naturalized
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iraq

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua Barat], Papua New Guinea
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa], Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Pennsylvania]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (s.)]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galápagos]

Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed	potential seed contaminant	Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Weed	potential seed contaminant	Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds