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Taxon:  Senna tora (L.) Roxb.



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
313456
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:340. 1832
Verified:
03/14/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia tora L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, E. K. & O. N. Allen. 1933. Attempts to demonstrate nitrogen-fixing bacteria within the tissues of Cassia tora. Amer. J. Bot. 20:79-84.
  2. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  3. Cheung, Siu-cheong & Ning-hon Li, eds. Chinese medicinal herbs of Hong Kong. 1978-
  4. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 1985-1992
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  6. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  8. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  9. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2. 1989
  10. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  11. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  12. Lim, G. 1979. Rhizobium and nodulation of legumes in Singapore. Soil microbiology and plant nutrition. 1979 159-175.
  13. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
  14. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  15. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  16. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  17. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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  22. Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
  23. Randell, B. R. 1988. Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 11:45.
  24. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  25. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  26. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
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Common names
English
foetid cassia –
Java-bean –
sickle senna –
sicklepod –
sicklepod senna –
stinking cassia –
French
cassier sauvage –
pois puant –
séné –
India
takala –
Portuguese (Brazil)
fedegoso –
Spanish
bicho –
brusca cimarrona –
ororuz –
Transcribed Chinese
xiao jue ming –
Transcribed Korean
gingangnamcha –
gyeolmyeongja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSolomon Islands  
4Naturalized     
6Other     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Solomon Islands
Naturalized ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodpulse Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
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=313456. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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