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Money Bush
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Money Bush

Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMoney Bush
Dutch—
SpanishFrijolillo
Chinese双荚决明
Scientific nameSenna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.

About this species

Senna bicapsularis is a species of the legume genus Senna, native to northern South America, from Panama south to Venezuela and Colombia, and also the West Indies. Common names include rambling senna (formerly "cassia"), winter cassia, Christmas bush, money bush, and yellow candlewood. In Florida, Senna pendula is usually cultivated as, and misapplied to, S. bicapsularis.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusSenna

In Suriname

4Records in Suriname
2005First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini3

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

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