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Hairy senna
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Hairy senna

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

Names

EnglishHairy senna
Dutch—
SpanishCuajillo
Chinese毛荚决明
Scientific nameSenna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

About this species

Senna hirsuta, commonly known as woolly senna, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Central and South America, but is naturalised in many other countries. It is an erect or spreading shrub or herbaceous perennial with pinnate leaves, with two to six pairs of egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of two to six, with six fertile stamens and four staminodes in each flower.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusSenna

In Suriname

14Records in Suriname
1835First record
1951Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

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

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