Senna truncata
(Brenan) Lock
FabaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM
Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM
What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds
The seeds are eaten.
Where to Find It
It grows in tropical places. It grows between 250-750 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb or shrub in the Fabaceae family that grows in tropical arid regions at 250-750 m elevation.
Notes
Also as Caesalpinaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Cassia truncata Brenan
References (2)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 26th April 2011]
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
