Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Senna racemosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Senna racemosa is a shrub or, more frequently, a small tree that can grow up to 10 metres tall with a bole up to 40cm in diameter[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials Senna racemosa has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[ 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 RangeS. America - Venezuela; C. America - Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize; Southern N. America - central and southern Mexico; Caribbean - Cuba

HabitatDry forests, often growing on limestone[ 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. ]. Limestone slopes with submontane scrub vegetation, tropical, deciduous and subdeciduous forest, as well as in holm oak and mountain mesophilic forest; at elevations from 800 - 1,550 metres[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ].