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Senna alexandrina

Flowering Plants

Senna alexandrina, also called Alexandrian senna, is a flowering plant in the genus Senna, valued for its medicinal properties. It grows naturally in upper Egypt, particularly in the Nubian region and near Khartoum in Sudan, where it is cultivated at a large scale. Beyond its native range, it is also grown commercially in India and Somalia, and has been cultivated for therapeutic use in southern Kazakhstan as well. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Scientific Name

Senna alexandrina 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Senna alexandrina (Wikidata)

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Dominican Republic

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Sources

1. Senna alexandrina (Wikipedia)

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 388427
Senna alexandrina (Alexandrian senna, in Arabic عشرج or عشرق or سنامكي and see below) is an ornamental plant in the genus Senna.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 388427
It grows natively in upper Egypt, especially in the Nubian region, and near Khartoum (Sudan), where it is cultivated commercially.
Infobox: status
LC

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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Senna alexandrina

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile

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"habitat": "Terrestrial"

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3. Senna alexandrina (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q132675 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Fabaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fabales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426

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"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fabales","family":null},"synonyms":[{"id":39606,"full_name":"Guilandina","author_year":"L.","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Senna

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13189

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"cites_listing":"II","eu_listing":"B","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fabales","family":"Leguminosae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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