| Source: | 
							
								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.
				
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                            | Rank: | 
                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Rosanae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Fabales Bromhead 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Fabaceae Lindl. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Cassieae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Senna Mill. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Adipera bicapsularis (L.) Britton & Wilson | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Adipera spiciflora Pittier | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia berterii Colla | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia bicapsularis L. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia collae G. Don | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia emarginata L. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia inflata Spreng. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia limensis Lam. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia sennoides Jacq. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia spiciflora (Pittier) Pittier | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cathartocarpus bicapsularis (L.) Ham. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Chamaefistula inflata G. Don | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Isandrina arborescens Raf. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Isandrina emarginata (L.) Britton & Rose | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia bicapsularis var. aristata DC. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cassia bicapsularis var. quadrijuga DC. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Misapplied names:
				
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                            "Cassia laevigata" sec. Prain, non Willd. | 
                          
						  
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		| Comments: | 
		
				Cultivated specimens tend to climb/trail; natural specimens are more erect., Native of W.Indies and S.America; often cultivated, naturalised in some areas. | 
			
	
	
		| Common names: | 
		
				Yellow Candle Wood (English)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  [Eg] | 
		
	
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Environmental, Food and Drink, Wood |