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Taxon:
Senna tora
(L.) Roxb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
313456
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:340. 1832
Verified:
03/14/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4
(
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 tora
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
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
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald.
1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson.
1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
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.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:88.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):446.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Randell, B. R.
1988. Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1.
Senna
Miller sect.
Chamaefistula
(Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 11:45.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Common names
English
foetid cassia –
Reference(s)
Java-bean –
Reference(s)
sickle senna –
Reference(s)
sicklepod –
Reference(s)
sicklepod senna –
Reference(s)
stinking cassia –
Reference(s)
French
cassier sauvage –
Reference(s)
pois puant –
Reference(s)
séné –
Reference(s)
India
takala –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
fedegoso –
Reference(s)
Spanish
bicho –
Reference(s)
brusca cimarrona –
Reference(s)
ororuz –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
xiao jue ming –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
gingangnamcha –
Reference(s)
gyeolmyeongja –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
s.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
e.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
4
Naturalized
widely natzd.
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
(s.)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
(e.)
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
,
Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
pulse
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson.
1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
Human food
pulse
as a substitute for coffee
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):446. 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
potential seed contaminant
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Note:
=
Cassia
Name
References