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Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby
Java-bean
Symbol: SEOB4
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Subshrub
Duration: Annual
Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
SEOB4 Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby
 

CAOB5

Cassia obtusifolia L.
 

CATO81

Cassia tora auct. non L.
 

EMTO

Emelista tora sensu Britt. & Rose
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Plant Distribution by State

Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby

SEOB4

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Related Taxa:
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby

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Classification:
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae –
                      Order Fabales –
                         Family Fabaceae – Pea family
                            Genus Senna P. Mill. – senna
                               Species Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby – Java-bean

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Threatened and Endangered Plant Information:
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Indiana:
       blunt-leaf senna     Rare

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Invasive Information:
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby
        sicklepod senna
    Cassia obtusifolia L.
        sicklepod
        Java bean
This plant and the synonyms italicized and indented above are listed as invasive weeds by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
SEEPPC   Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee (http://webriver.com/tn-eppc/exlist.htm, October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 
SWSS   Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby

View species account or photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505165.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby

    Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

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