Senna uniflora (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Oneleaf senna (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Senna

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows each year from seed. It grows 1 m tall.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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, open or brushy plains or hillsides, often a weed in cultivated ground, at elevations of 200-1,000 metres. The plant often forms dense stands of wide extent on the plains.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between 200-1,000 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Insecticides (flower), Coffee (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

The seeds should be soaked in warm water before sowing.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Senna uniflora leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Senna uniflora leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Senna uniflora flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Senna uniflora flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Senna uniflora flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Senna uniflora fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Senna uniflora fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Senna uniflora fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Senna uniflora world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Réunion, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234687-2
WFO ID wfo-0000175385
COL ID 6YGPV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630648
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Synonyms

Senna uniflora Diallobus uniflorus Cassia monantha Cassia ornithopoides Cassia sericea Cassia uniflora Diallobus subuniflorus Cassia mucronulosa Sericeocassia uniflora Cassia ornithopodioides Cassia sensitiva Emelista mucronulosa Cassia ciliata