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Taxon:
Senna alata
(L.) Roxb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100063
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:349. 1832
Verified:
02/29/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1
(
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 alata
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Du Puy, D. J. et al.
2002. The Leguminosae of Madagascar
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Cassia alata
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Note:
=
Cassia alata
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby.
1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:460.
Isely, D.
1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane.
2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen.
1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca
Lewis, G. P.
1987. Legumes of Bahia
Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford.
2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald.
1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
Lock, J. M.
1988.
Cassia
sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
Lock, J. M.
1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):445.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Note:
=
Cassia alata
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Note:
=
Cassia alata
L.
Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst.
1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:174.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Wunderlin, R. P.
1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
Zhu, X. Y. et al.
2007. Legumes of China: a checklist
Common names
English
candlebush –
Reference(s)
candlestick senna –
Reference(s)
Christmas-candle –
Reference(s)
empress-candleplant –
Reference(s)
ringworm senna –
Reference(s)
ringwormbush –
Reference(s)
ringwormshrub –
Reference(s)
seven-golden-candles –
Reference(s)
seven-golden-candlesticks –
Reference(s)
French
bois dartre –
Reference(s)
dartres –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
café-beirão –
Reference(s)
fedegoso-gigante –
Reference(s)
fedegoso-grande –
Reference(s)
mangerioba-do-Pará –
Reference(s)
mangerioba-grande –
Reference(s)
mata-pasto –
Reference(s)
Spanish
bajagua –
Reference(s)
mocoté –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
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
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
also cult.
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
Sudan
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Comoros
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mayotte
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Brunei Darussalam
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Palau
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
Cook Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Gabon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Liberia
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros
,
Madagascar
,
Mayotte
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
India
[Andaman and Nicobar Islands],
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam
,
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
REGION:
Mexico
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
Palau
,
United States
[Guam]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
,
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
Tonga
,
Samoa
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
erosion control
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Environmental
erosion control
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Environmental
erosion control
fide P. Hanelt, pers. comm.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Environmental
ornamental
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Cassia alata
Medicines
folklore
fide F Viti; Baileya 23:214. 1996; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):445. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
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
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Note:
=
Cassia alata
Weed
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References