Senna siamea

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Cassieae
Subtribus: Cassiinae
Genus: Senna
Sectio: S. sect. Senna
Series: S. ser. Floridae
Species: Senna siamea

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Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cassia siamea Lam. in Lam. & al., Encycl. 1(2): 648. 1785.
  • Homotypic
    • Sciacassia siamea (Lam.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(4): 252. 1930.
  • Heterotypic
    • Cassia arborea Macfad., Fl. Jamaica 1: 343. 1837.
    • Cassia floridae Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 57. 1794.
    • Cassia gigantea Bert. ex DC., Prodr. 2: 492. 1825 [1].
    • Cassia siamea var. puberula Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45(2): 284. 1876.
    • Cassia sumatrana Roxb. ex Hornem., Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 135. 1819.
    • Chamaefistula gigantea G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 452. 1832.
    • Senna sumatrana Roxb., 2: 347. 1832 [2].

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
    • Introduced into:
      • Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

eʋegbe: Zanguérati
English: cassod tree, Siamese senna, Siamese cassia
português: Cássia-de-sião
தமிழ்: மஞ்சள் கொன்றை
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