Senna italica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
- Species
- Senna italica
- Scientific Name
- Senna italica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Senna italica
Senna italica, the Port Royal senna, Italian senna, or Senegal senna is a legume tree in the genus Senna. It is recognized by many other common names based on the regions it grows in. In India, it is used to produce a powder for treating hair-related diseases which is known as “neutral henna”. Whereas, in some parts of the world, this species (along with Cassia senna) is cultivated for the leaves which yield the drug senna, known commonly as Senna glycoside, which in turn is the base for a laxative. Senegal senna is easily distinguishable through its many distinctive features. There are 3 subspecies of this plant based on the size of the inflorescence and the length of the petiole. The subspecies are italica, micrantha, and arachoides. In many regions, this plant is cultivated commercially and medicinally.
...Senna italica in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Swartstorm
- Afrikaans
- Elandsertjie
- Afrikaans
- Wilde-ertjie
- Arabic
- سنا سنغالية
- Arabic
- سنا إيطالي
- Arabic
- سنا العلند
- English
- Eland's Pea
- English
- Port Royal senna
- English
- Italian senna
- English
- Senegal senna
- English
- Eland's Senna / Eland's Pea
- Finnish
- italiansenna
- French
- Senna du Sénégal
- Russian
- Сенна итальянская
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Senna acanthoclada
- Senna acclinis
- Senna aciphylla
- Senna aculeata
- Senna acuparata
- Senna acuruensis
- Senna affinis
- Senna alata
- Senna alexandrina
- Senna andrieuxii
- Senna angulata
- Senna angustisiliqua
- Senna ankaranensis
- Senna anthoxantha
- Senna aphylla
- Senna apiculata
- Senna appendiculata
- Senna apsidoneura
- Senna araucarietorum
- Senna argentea
- Senna arida
- Senna armata
- Senna arnottiana
- Senna artemisioides
- Senna atomaria
- Senna aurantia
- Senna auriculata
- Senna aversiflora
- Senna aymara
- Senna baccarinii
- Senna bacillaris
- Senna bahamensis
- Senna barclayana
- Senna barronfieldii
- Senna bauhinioides
- Senna bicapsularis
- Senna birostris
- Senna bosseri
- Senna brongniartii
- Senna burkartiana
- Senna cajamarcae
- Senna cana
- Senna candolleana
- Senna cardiosperma
- Senna caudata
- Senna cearensis
- Senna centranthera
- Senna chapmanii
- Senna charlesiana
- Senna chloroclada
- Senna chrysocarpa
- Senna cladophylla
- Senna clavigera
- Senna cobanensis
- Senna confinis
- Senna corifolia
- Senna coronilloides
- Senna corymbosa
- Senna costata
- Senna covesii
- Senna crassiramea
- Senna crotalarioides
- Senna cruckshanksii
- Senna cuatrecasasii
- Senna cumingii
- Senna cushina
- Senna dariensis
- Senna davidsonii
- Senna demissa
- Senna didymobotrya
- Senna domingensis
- Senna durangensis
- Senna emarginata
- Senna ferraria
- Senna foetidissima
- Senna fruticosa
- Senna galeottiana
- Senna gardneri
- Senna garrettiana
- Senna gaudichaudii
- Senna georgica
- Senna glutinosa
- Senna goniodes
- Senna guatemalensis
- Senna hamersleyensis
- Senna haughtii
- Senna hayesiana
- Senna hebecarpa
- Senna herzogii
- Senna hilariana
- Senna hirsuta
- Senna holosericea
- Senna holwayana
- Senna huancabambae
- Senna huilana
- Senna incarnata
- Senna insularis
- Senna intermedia
- Senna italica
- Senna koelziana
- Senna kurtzii
- Senna lasseigniana
- Senna latifolia
- Senna leandrii
- Senna leiophylla
- Senna leptoclada
- Senna ligustrina
- Senna lindheimeriana
- Senna longiracemosa
- Senna loretensis
- Senna lourteigiana
- Senna macranthera
- Senna macrophylla
- Senna magnifolia
- Senna malaspinae
- Senna mandonii
- Senna marilandica
- Senna martiana
- Senna mensicola
- Senna meridionalis
- Senna mexicana
- Senna mollissima
- Senna monozyx
- Senna montana
- Senna morongii
- Senna mucronifera
- Senna multifoliolata
- Senna multiglandulosa
- Senna multijuga
- Senna mutisiana
- Senna nana
- Senna neglecta
- Senna nicaraguensis
- Senna nitida
- Senna notabilis
- Senna nudicaulis
- Senna obliqua
- Senna obtusifolia
- Senna occidentalis
- Senna oligoclada
- Senna orcuttii
- Senna organensis
- Senna oxyphylla
- Senna pachyrrhiza
- Senna pallida
- Senna papillosa
- Senna paposana
- Senna paraensis
- Senna pendula
- Senna pentagonia
- Senna peralteana
- Senna perrieri
- Senna petersiana
- Senna phyllodinea
- Senna pilifera
- Senna pilocarina
- Senna pilosior
- Senna pinheiroi
- Senna pistaciifolia
- Senna planitiicola
- Senna pleurocarpa
- Senna pneumatica
- Senna podocarpa
- Senna polyantha
- Senna polyphylla
- Senna praeterita
- Senna pumilio
- Senna punoensis
- Senna purpusii
- Senna quinquangulata
- Senna racemosa
- Senna reniformis
- Senna reticulata
- Senna ripleyana
- Senna rizzinii
- Senna robiniifolia
- Senna roemeriana
- Senna rugosa
- Senna ruiziana
- Senna scabriuscula
- Senna scandens
- Senna septemtrionalis
- Senna siamea
- Senna silvestris
- Senna singueana
- Senna skinneri
- Senna smithiana
- Senna sophera
- Senna sousana
- Senna spectabilis
- Senna spinescens
- Senna spiniflora
- Senna splendida
- Senna stipulacea
- Senna suarezensis
- Senna subulata
- Senna sulfurea
- Senna surattensis
- Senna talpana
- Senna tapajozensis
- Senna timoriensis
- Senna tocotana
- Senna tonduzii
- Senna tora
- Senna trachypus
- Senna trianae
- Senna trolliiflora
- Senna truncata
- Senna uncata
- Senna undulata
- Senna uniflora
- Senna unijuga
- Senna vargasii
- Senna velutina
- Senna venusta
- Senna versicolor
- Senna viarum
- Senna viguierella
- Senna villosa
- Senna viminea
- Senna weddelliana
- Senna williamsii
- Senna wislizeni
- Senna wurdackii
- Senna × floribunda




























































































































































