EPPO Global Database

Senna alata(CASAL)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-09-15

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CASAL
  • Preferred name: Senna alata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Roxburgh

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Brazil, Guyanas to Colombia and Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). Introduced in Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia (Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines), China, Mali, Tchad, Ethiopia, Sénégal to Nigeria and Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, East Africa, Angola, Madagascar, USA (California, Florida), South America (Argentina), New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cassia alata Linnaeus
Cassia bracteata C. Linnaeus
Cassia herpetica Jacquin
Herpetica alata (Linnaeus) Rafinesque

Common names
Name Language
akapulko English
candelabra bush English
candlebush English (AU)
candle-stick senna English
emperor's candlesticks English
empress candle plant English
guajava English
ringworm bush English
ringworm senna English (AU)
seven gold candlesticks English
winged senna English
Kaiserinkerzenstrauch German
Kerzenstrauch German
bois dartre French
casse ailée French
casse piante French
cassie à fruits ailés French
dartrier French
zèbe à dartes French
arbol de vela Spanish
bajagua Spanish (CO)
candelero del emperador Spanish
candelillo Spanish
domidera Spanish
dragón Spanish (PR)
flor del secreto Spanish
guacamaya francesa Spanish
majeguillo Spanish (CO)
talantalan Spanish
talantro Spanish (PR)
cassia alata Italian
kersbos Dutch
candelabro Portuguese
fedegosão Portuguese (BR)
fedegoso-de-folhas-largas Portuguese
fedegoso-gigante Portuguese
maria-preta Portuguese
ringormbuske Swedish
hanasenna Japanese
ハナセンナ Japanese
кассия высокая Russian
кассия крылатая Russian
gelenggang besar Malay
dadmardan Bengali
dadmari Bengali
chì jiá jué míng Chinese
翅荚决明 Chinese