Naturalised
Perennial herb or shrub , with a woody basal stem ; up to 1 . 5 m tall . Stems , erect , branched , pubescent . Leaves paripinnate with 3 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 15-45 x 8-33 mm , obovate , apex rounded to emarginated , mucronate , sparsely appressed pubescent or glabrous ; stipules linear . Inflorescences in 4-10-flowered racemes , in the axils of leaves . Flowers yellow ; sepals 5 , rounded at apex , 4-6 mm ; petals orange to yellow , obovate , slightly unequal , 10-12 mm ; stamens 3 lower with longst filaments , 4 medium and 3 very small Fruit pod , 15-20 x 0 . 3-0 . 5 cm , subterete , straight or curved , glabrescent , yellow-green , dehiscent , many-seeded . Seeds 4 . 5–6 . 5 x 2–4 mm , many , longitudinally arranged , olive-brown , subrhombic or ovoid , with a very narrow areole on each face . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Least Concern - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cassia obtusifolia L.
Cassia rogeonii Ghesq.
Emelista obtusifolia (L.) Raf.
Senna toroides Roxb.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Sicklepod
Chinese Senna
American Sicklepod
Coffee Pod
Coffeeweed
Arsenic Weed
Foetid Cassia
Wild Senna
Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "C. italica, as well as C. obtusifolia, is also often called [J, DA: senemukki], a term also used in early classical arabic texts, referring to a variety of Cassia species whose leaves were taken as a laxative. The use of Senna was indeed introduced into Europe through Muslim physicians in the ninth or tenth centuries". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar). In addition, Ghazanfar (2007) mentioned that: "Browsed by goats". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
