Senna obtusifolia




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