Senna alexandrina Mill
Species
Senna alexandrina Mill.
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Cassia acutifolia Delile
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Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell.
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Cassia angustifolia M.Vahl
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Cassia lanceolata Forssk.
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Cassia senna L.
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Senna acutifolia (Delile) Batka
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Senna alexandrina Garsault
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Senna angustifolia (Vahl) Batka
Immediate children
Variety
Senna alexandrina var. alexandrina
Variety
Senna alexandrina var. obtusata (Brenan) Lock
Herbaceous to woody stemmed shrub up to c. 2 (-3) m tall. Leaves up to c. 12 (-25) cm long; petiole without gland; leaflets up to 6 (-10) pairs, linear-lanceolate to elliptical, up to 6 cm x 5 -10 (-15) mm, acute, mucronate with percurrent midrib. Racemes many-flowered. Sepals greenish yellow to yellow, up to c. 8 mm long, obovate, obtuse. Petals yellow with darker veins, obovate, up to c. 17 mm long. Lower two stamens longer, 5 medium-sized, 2 (3) posterior short, much reduced. Pods compressed, flat, oblong to broadly oval, somewhat curved, 5 cm x 23 mm. Seeds subquardate, up to 6 x 4 mm, reticulately ridged or rugose, shiny green to pale.
Saudi Arabia : Western and southwestern regions.
Distribution : African Red Sea Coast, North Africa, Palestine, Arabia to India.