Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 400 - 2200 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba, subarbusto, árbol

Conservation

Preocupación Menor

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Cultivated, Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; anthropic habitats., Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes., Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

Vernacular

Aytera Cimarrona, Disiplinilla, Erva De Bicho, Frijolillo De Monte, Mano De Muerto, Pico De Pajaro, Stinking Cassia, Taperigua, Viche, Zalche

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 400–2200 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Herb, Subshrub, Tree.

Conservation

National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Morphology General Habit

Herb, subShrub or tree.

Ecology

Alt. 400 - 2200 m.

Distribution

Native from Colombia.

Caesalpiniaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit

Undershrub, to 7 ft. high

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers yellow

Note

Introduced and found mainly near habitation.

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Shrubby herb 0.2–2.4 m. high.

Morphology Stem

Stems pubescent or sometimes pilose, grooved.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves up to ± 22 cm. long; petioles shortly above base with a sessile finger-like gland directed towards top of petiole; rhachis eglandular. Leaflets in (2–)3–5(–6) pairs, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, acutely subacuminate or sometimes acute at apex, rather densely pilose on both surfaces.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes from middle and upper axils, very short, almost umbellate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts

Bracts very narrow and acute.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Outer sepals densely pilose outside.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals yellow, obovate, 1–1.7 cm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 10; 2 large, 5 medium (one the central anticous one) and 3 small.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods somewhat curved downwardly, linear, (8–)12–15(–18) cm. long, 0.3–0.7 cm. wide, dehiscent, with convex valves, brown, densely pilose or pubescent, septate, many-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds somewhat compressed, lying at right angles to the long axis of the pod, dark olive, ovate-suborbicular, ± 3 × 2.5 mm., with a ± elliptic-oblong areole ± 1.75 × 0.75 mm. on each margin.

Habitat

A naturalized weed of plantations and cultivated ground in lowland rain-forest areas; said to be very common in the old African cultivations in Kimboza Forest Reserve; 550–1220 m.

Distribution

originally from tropical America, but now established in various parts of the Old World tropics T3 T6 U4

Use Environmental

Environmental uses.

Use Food

Used for food.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.

Use Poisons

Poisons.

Use Social

Social uses.

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders

Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).

Use Poisons

Poisons (State of the World's Plants 2016).