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Taxon:  Chamaecrista absus (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Chamaecrista
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100076
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:664. 1982
Verified:
09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia absus L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  2. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  3. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  8. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
  9. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist. 2004
  10. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
  11. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  14. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  15. Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
  16. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  17. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  18. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
  19. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
tropical sensitive-pea –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Sur 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaEast Timor  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaCelebes 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Zaire
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Sur, Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Jalisco, Nayarit]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Celebes, Java], Papua New Guinea, East Timor
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Mexico, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Grenada, Jamaica
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100076. Accessed 22 April 2025.

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