Fabaceae
Senna

Senna pallida (Vahl) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 531 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 3–1820 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander.
Habit
Shrub, Subshrub, Small tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

23.10% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Jones & Earle, 1966)

[SID]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bicho, bicho negro, bombito, chilinchil, chirrinchao, escobito, tienderropa
[UNAL]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A shrub usually 2–4 m tall, the young twigs, petioles, and inflorescence glabrous or puberulous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate, the petiole not glandular, but a cylindrical and often acuminate gland occurs between the lowest pair of leaflets; leaflets 4–11 pairs, oblong-elliptic or narrowly obovate, 1–3.5 cm long, rounded and mucronulate at the apex. Inflorescence a subumbellate axillary raceme with 2–4 rather large flowers, the pedicels bearing cylindrical glands at the base; calyx 5.5–8 mm long, the lobes unequal; petals yellow, very unequal, the largest 2–2.3 cm long, subsessile, the smaller ones clawed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Perfect stamens 7, three of them larger than the others and beaked
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods linear, compressed, 2-valved, 7–15 cm long, 5–8 mm broad; seeds 14–20, oblong with notch at one end, brown, 5–6 mm long.
Distribution
Cayman Brac. West Indies, C. America and northern S. America.
Ecology
In thickets and woodlands.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22483994/176097258

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 3 - 1820 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto, arbusto, arbolito
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use
Environmental
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0