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Taxon:  Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100044
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:252. 1982
Verified:
09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (15  active, 11  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia obtusifolia L.

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Common names
English
American sicklepod –
coffee-weed –
Java-bean –
sicklepod –
sicklepod senna –
Spanish (Caribbean)
dormidera –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Sur 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQueretaro 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuintana Roo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAnguilla  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupeSt. Barthelemy 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFormosa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMisiones 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSalta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucuman 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGuayas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLos Rios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martin 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaIrian Jaya 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalapagos Islands 
6Other     
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [West Virginia]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Sur, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe [St. Barthelemy], Jamaica, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman], Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Los Rios, Napo], Peru [Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martin, Ucayali]
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Irian Jaya, Java], Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Pennsylvania]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Weedpotential seed contaminant 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=100044. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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