Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Senna oxyphylla
Senna oxyphylla
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Senna oxyphylla is a shrub or small tree. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. This taxon is not recorded as being threatened or in decline, however, there are a number of threats to the habitat, including logging, agriculture and other anthropogenic developments such as road building and settlement expansion. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorthern S. America - Ecuador north through Central America to Mexico.
HabitatForest margins, thickets, forest clearings, slopes, coastal hills and sometimes humid forest[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Found at elevations from sea level to 500 metres in Ecuador.