Senna papillosa

(Britton & Rose) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten as food.

It is a tropical plant.

Belize, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, South America, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical herbaceous plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) with edible leaves.

Names & Synonyms

Teposquillitl

Cassia papillosa (Britton & Rose) Standl.Chamaetistula papillosa Britton & Roseand others

References (3)

Diaz-Jose, J., et al, 2019, Traditional Knowledge of Edible Wild Plants Used by Indigenous Communities in Zongolica, Mexico. Ecology of Food and Nutrition.
Kew Plants of the World On line
Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 23