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Taxon:  Senna alexandrina Mill.



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100067
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Senna no. 1. 1768
Verified:
03/17/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cassia acutifolia Delile
Cassia angustifolia Vahl
Cassia lanceolata Forssk.
Cassia senna L.
Senna angustifolia (Vahl) Batka
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Bisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Note: = Cassia angustifolia
  3. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. Duke, J. A. 2000. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  6. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:481.
  9. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 Note: = Cassia senna
  10. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
  11. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  12. Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:215.
  13. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  15. Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Common names
English
Alexandrian senna –
Indian senna –
senna –
Tinnevelly senna –
true senna –
Arabic
senna makki –
French
casse –
séné d'Egypte –
German
alexandrinische Senna –
Somali
jalelo –
Spanish
sen de España –
sena alejandrina –
Swedish
senna –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya n.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria s.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique introd.?
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan s.w.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan e.
4Naturalized    natzd. in neotropics
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (s.), Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya (n.)
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Niger, Nigeria (n.)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique (introd.?)
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Jordan (s.w.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.), Pakistan (e.)
Naturalized (natzd. in neotropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialstannin/dyestuffadulterant of hennaBisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Note: = Cassia angustifolia
Medicinessource of sennosides A & B Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:215.
Medicinessource of sennosides A & B Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinessource of sennosides A & B McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinessource of sennosides A & B Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Cassia sennaWood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100067. Accessed 28 April 2025.