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Senna occidentalis (Arsenic Bean; Dandelion; septicweed; Stinking Weed; Hediondilla; Frijolillo; Foetid Cassia; Brusca; Bicho; Brusca Hembra; Brusca Macho; Cafe De Bonpland; Cafe De Campo; Cafe Negre; Cafetillo; Cafeton; Casse Fetide; Casse Puante; Chilinchile; Coffee Senna; Coffee Weed; Coffeeweed; Cornezuelo; Fedegosa; Fedegoso; Fedegoso-verdadeiro; Gros Indigo a Fleurs Jaunes; Gros Indigo Sauvage; Kaspyant; Mamuri; Martinica; Mata Pasta; Mata Patinho; Negro Coffee; Paramarioba; Pois Piante; Pois Piante Noir; Pois Puant; Pois Puant Noir; Potra; Retamilla; Rubbish Cassia; Souveraine; Styptic Weed; Taperiba; Taratucu)

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Language: Hindi; Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Senna occidentalis is a pantropical plant species. Vernacular names include : ʻauʻaukoʻi in Hawaii, septicweed, coffee senna, coffeeweed, Mogdad coffee, negro-coffee, senna coffee, Stephanie coffee, stinkingweed or styptic weed. The species was formerly placed in the genus Cassia. The plant is reported to be poisonous to cattle. The plant contains anthraquinones. The roots contain emodin and the seeds contain chrysarobin (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9-anthrone) and N-methylmorpholine.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0