EPPO Global Database

Senna bicapsularis(CASBI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CASBI
  • Preferred name: Senna bicapsularis
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Roxburgh

Notes

Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in southern Mediterranean, India, China, Indochina, Malesia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia to Zaïre and Mozambique, New Guinea


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cassia bicapsularis Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
Christmas bush English
raisin bush English
rambling cassia English
yellow candle wood English
alcaparrilla Spanish
candelillo Spanish (BO)
mutuy de costa Spanish (BO)
platanito Spanish (CO)
sen Spanish (AR)
sen de Antillas Spanish (ES)
pajamarioba Portuguese (BR)
сенна двухкапсульная Russian
shuāng jiá jué míng Chinese
双荚决明 Chinese