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Taxon:  Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100065
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:467. 1982
Verified:
09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia didymobotrya Fresen.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:229-231.
  5. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  7. Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
  8. Hanelt, P. 1996. pers. comm.
  9. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
  10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  11. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
  12. Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:221.
  13. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  14. Steinmann, A. 1930. [Transcript of an oral presentation.]. Bergcultures 4:1099-1103.
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  16. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  17. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
candelabra-tree –
peanut-butter cassia –
Afrikaans
grondboontjiebotterkassia –
German
geflügelte Kassie –
Swedish
kandelaberkassia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalshade/shelter Hanelt, P. 1996. pers. comm.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100065. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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