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Senna alexandrina (Alexandrian Senna; Bombay Senna; Indian Senna; Sen De Espana; Sene; Sene Grandes Feuilles; Senna; Senna-i-Makki; Tinnevelly Senna; True Senna)

Synonyms: Cassia acutifolia; Cassia alexandrina (homotypic); Cassia senna (homotypic); Senna acutifolia
Language: Hindi; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Senna alexandrina (Alexandrian senna, in Arabic عشرج or عشرق and see ) is an ornamental plant in the genus Senna. It is used in herbalism. It grows natively in upper Egypt, especially in the Nubian region, and near Khartoum (Sudan), where it is cultivated commercially. It is also grown elsewhere, notably in India and Somalia.
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Infraspecies

Senna alexandrina var. alexandrina
Senna alexandrina var. obtusata

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Catopsilia pomona (Lemon emigrant butterfly)[2]
Catopsilia pyranthe (Mottled emigrant butterfly)[2]
Meriones crassus (Sundevall's jird)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 3Meriones crassus, Barry R. Koffler, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 9, pp. 1-4 (1972)
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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