Species Senna italica Mill. (Port royal senna)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Fabales
  • ---- family: Fabaceae
  • ----- species: Senna italica
Characteristics:perennial herb; op to 40 cm tall; hairy stems rise from a black, woody rootstock; pinnately compound leaves; leaflets with rounded tips; yellow flowers; fruit is a large and flat pod
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 107; Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 134
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/19238340
Creator: Bart Wursten
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2006-12-06
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2006-12-06
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2005-01-25
Place: Namibia, Omaheke, Pos 17
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/19238338
Creator: Bart Wursten
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2006-12-06
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Date: 2005-01-25
Place: Namibia, Omaheke, Pos 17
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably Senna italica subsp. arachoides
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