English: Woolly Senna

Mandarin: 毛荚决明 (mao jia jue ming)

Kingdom: Plantae (2335)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2237)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1893)

      Order: Fabales (216)

        Family: Fabaceae (216) (family description)

          Genus: Senna (6)

           Epithet: hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (5)

Synonyms: Cassia caracasana Jacq., Cassia tomentosa Arn.

caracasana => from Caracas, Venezuela

hirsuta => having long distinct hairs, rough, hairy

tomentosa => densely covered with short, soft, tangled hairs

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Senna hirsuta at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [1235] Senna - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1844] Senna hirsuta - Flora of China @ efloras.org

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