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Coffee Senna
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Coffee Senna

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCoffee Senna
Dutch—
SpanishCandelilla chica
Chinese望江南
Scientific nameSenna occidentalis (L.) Link

About this species

Senna occidentalis, commonly known as coffee senna, styptic weed, or septicweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to the southern United States of America, Mexico and South America. It is a shrub with pinnate leaves, with three to seven pairs of broadly elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of two to four, with six fertile stamens in each flower. It is an aggressive, pantropical weed.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusSenna

In Suriname

47Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1837First record
2013Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini8
  • Marowijne1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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