Senna italica Mill. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Senna italica Mill.

Summary

Genus:

Senna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Cassieae

Subtribe:

Cassiinae

Nomen number:

100068

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Senna no. 2. 1768

Verified:

10/28/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Senna italica Mill. subsp. arachoides (Burch.) Lock (0 active accession[s])
Senna italica Mill. subsp. italica (0 active accession[s])
Senna italica Mill. subsp. micrantha (Brenan) Lock (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cassia obovata Collad.

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Reference(s)

Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2005
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:482.
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-

Common names

English
dog senna –
Italian senna –
Spanish senna –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Cabo Verde
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Djibouti
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Western Sahara
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Gambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Bahrain
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Qatar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	United Arab Emirates
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Egypt	Sinai
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Andhra Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Daman and Diu
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Delhi
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Gujarat
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Haryana
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Himachal Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Karnataka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Kerala
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Madhya Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Maharashtra
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Punjab
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Rajasthan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tamil Nadu
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Western Sahara, Libya
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu], Sri Lanka, Pakistan

Naturalized
Southern America

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100068. Accessed 9 June 2026.