Senna alexandrina(CASSE)
Overview Code created in: 2002-09-15
- EPPO Code: CASSE
- Preferred name: Senna alexandrina
- Authority: Miller
Southeastern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka, Mauretania to Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya. Cultivated as a medicinal plant. Introduced in Caucasus, Irak, Uzbekistan, Mexico, Caribbean (Hispaniola), South America (Colombia, northeastern Brazil)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Cassia acutifolia | Delile |
| Cassia alexandrina | (Miller) Sprengel |
| Cassia angustifolia | Vahl |
| Cassia lanceolata | Forsskål |
| Cassia senna | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Alexandrian senna | English |
| Congo senna | English |
| Indian senna | English |
| sharp-leaved senna | English |
| Tinnevelly senna | English |
| Mekka-Senna | German |
| Senesstrauch | German |
| Senna | German |
| séné d'Egypte | French |
| séné de la Mecque | French |
| séné Tinevelly | French |
| cassia a foglie strette | Italian |
| senna | Italian |
| senei mechuddad | Hebrew |
| סֶנֶא מְחֻדָּד | Hebrew |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae (
1CAES )
Genus
Senna (
1SJNG )
Species
Senna alexandrina (
CASSE )