Common name
English: Woolly Senna
Mandarin: 毛荚决明 (mao jia jue ming)
English: Woolly Senna
Mandarin: 毛荚决明 (mao jia jue ming)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(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
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
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