Senna pallida (Vahl) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Senna

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or dry, usually brushy plains and hillsides, often in pineoak forest,; usually at low elevations but also ascending to 1,800 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Senna pallida world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Senna pallida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234569-2
WFO ID wfo-0000184234
COL ID 4WPC9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630645
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Synonyms

Cassia tenuissima Senna pallida Cassia pallida Cassia tenuissima Cassia biflora var. angustisiliqua Cassia gualenensis

Lower taxons

Senna pallida var. foliolosa Senna pallida var. longirostrata Senna pallida var. quiedondilla Senna pallida var. trichocraspedon Senna pallida var. pallida Senna pallida var. geminiflora Senna pallida var. nemorosa Senna pallida var. palmeri Senna pallida var. gaumeri Senna pallida var. bahamensis