Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
Scientific name | Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby |
Synonyms | Cassia humilis (Persoon) Colladon; Cassia obtusifolia L.; Cassia tora auct., non L.; Cassia tora L. var. humilis Persoon; Cassia tora L. var. obtusifolia (Linnaeus) Haines; Cassia toroides Rafinesque; Diallobus falcatus Rafinesque; Diallobus uniflorus Rafinesque; Emelista tora Britton & Rose ex Britton & P. Wilson; Senna toroides Roxburgh |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ebisu-gusa [oversea weed] |
(English common name) coffee weed, Java-bean, sicklepod, sicklepod senna | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] unknown (tropical America?) | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=24, 26, 28 |
Description | Plants 50-100cm. Leaves 3 pairs leaflets each 2-6cm length, 1-2.5cm width. Flowers yellow corollas 1.5-2.5cm, flowering in August to September. Annual plants (or perennial plants in tropical area). |
Reference | Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby |
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby | |
Herbicidal control of sicklepod and coffee senna with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (US Patent 5529773/1996) | |
Note | Naturalized plants (introduced as a medical plant from China in 1716-1736). |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |