Fabaceae
Senna

Senna truncata (Brenan) Lock

First published in Kew Bull. 43: 341 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Somalia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or shrublet, up to 2 m tall; branches puberulous with spreading hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 10–25 cm long, eglandular; leaflets in (3–)4–10 pairs, obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, 0.8–3.5 x 0.6–2 cm, truncate or retuse at apex, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes, including peduncles, up to 15–50 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow, obovate, 1.7–2.1 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
2 anthers large, 5 medium-sized, 3 small
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods oblong, flattened, straight, 2–7 x 1.5–2.2 cm, transversely venose, with a crest along middle of each valve, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds transversely arranged, compressed, oblong-ovate, 5–6 x 3.5–4 mm, reticulate, with a small areole on each face.
Distribution
N1; C1, 2; E Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 160–700 m.
Vernacular
Jalelo, jalelo ari, jalelo gel (Somali).
[FSOM]

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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19892956/20141578

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Uses

Use
Medicine
[ILDIS]

Use
Used as a purgative.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

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