Taxon: Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Common names:

• candlebush   (Source: F Ceylon )
  
• candlestick senna   (Source: Baileya 23:214. 1996)
  
• Christmas-candle   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• empress-candleplant   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• ringworm senna   (Source: Pl Book )
  
• ringwormbush   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• ringwormshrub   (Source: Irwin & Barneby)
  
• seven-golden-candlesticks   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• bois dartre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) [French]
  
• dartres   (Source: Dict Rehm ) [French]
  
• café-beirão   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• fedegoso-gigante   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• fedegoso-grande   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• mangerioba-do-pará   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• mangerioba-grande   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• mata-pasto   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  
• bajagua   (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Spanish]
  
• mocoté   (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Spanish]
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; ornamental   (fide Leg WorldEc; F Viti; P. Hanelt, pers. comm.; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F Viti; Baileya 23:214. 1996; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):445. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Noxweed Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia

Other:

• naturalized in tropical Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, Mexico, West Indies, Melanesia, Polynesia, Florida, & Hawaii

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc) [= Cassia].
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia. (F Aust)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [= Cassia].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:460.
• Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. (Leg Maraca)
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:338.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 12(1):445.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust) [= Cassia].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand) [= Cassia a. L.].
• Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:174.
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Senna alata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Senna alata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cassia alata L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)

Check other databases for Senna alata (L.) Roxb.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Flowering tree: University of Florida IFAS Extension image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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