Common name
English: Woolly Senna
Mandarin: 毛荚决明 (mao jia jue ming)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Senna (7)
Epithet: hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (6)
Synonyms: Cassia caracasana Jacq., Cassia tomentosa Arn.
caracasana => from Caracas, Venezuela
hirsuta => having long distinct hairs, rough, hairy
tomentosa => densely covered with short, soft, tangled hairs
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Senna hirsuta at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1235] Senna - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1844] Senna hirsuta - Flora of China @ efloras.org