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Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; West Indies) South America (general) int MW MC Africa (Cameroon)

SC SE

M[L]

D[E]

hel hyg->xer acid->neut

dr fr fw ma pl (ornamental) sa ti

Cassia amazonica Ducke Cassia carnaval Speg. Cassia edulis Posado Cassia excelsa Schrad. Cassia excelsa var. acutifolia Hassl. Cassia humboldtiana DC. Cassia leptophylla Griseb. non Vogel Cassia speciosa Kunth Cassia spectabilis DC. Cassia totonaca Sessé & Moç. Cassia trinitatis Reichb. ex DC. Cathartocarpus humboldtianus Loudon Cathartocarpus speciosus (DC.) G.Don. Cathartocarpus trinitatis (Reichb. ex DC.) G.Don. Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.) Britton & Rose

spectacular senna; calceolaria shower (USA); pisabed (Belize); yellow shower (USA)

séné spectaculaire; casse marron (Haiti); casse remarquable

aceitón ordinario (Bolivia); algarobillo, algarrobillo (Cuba); bruscón, cañafistol (Dominican Republic); cañafistola macho, cañafístula bobo (Venezuela); cañafístula cimarrona (Dominican Republic); cañafístula cimarróna (Venezuela); cañafístula macho (Colombia); cañasfistulas macho (Bolivia); canchín (Mexico); candelillo (Costa Rica, Honduras); carnaval (Bolivia); casia amarilla (Puerto Rico); chácaro (Dominican Republic); chiquichique (Venezuela); chucaro (Dominican Republic); frijolillo (Honduras, Peru); hediendillo (Bolivia); libertad (Dominican Republic); limocillo (Bolivia); mucutena, mucuteno (Venezuela); mutuy (Peru); pacaisillo (Bolivia); palo blanco (Honduras); pela burro (Dominican Republic); ramo (Bolivia); San Francisco marimari, San Francisco sabanero, tarantán, taratán (Venezuela); vainillo (Colombia, Costa Rica); vasito sucio (Venezuela); velero, velillo (Colombia)

ikasiya; parica (Brazil); kas mawon (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; West Indies) South America (general) int MW MC Africa (Cameroon)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer acid->neut
Use	dr fr fw ma pl (ornamental) sa ti
Synonym	Cassia amazonica Ducke Cassia carnaval Speg. Cassia edulis Posado Cassia excelsa Schrad. Cassia excelsa var. acutifolia Hassl. Cassia humboldtiana DC. Cassia leptophylla Griseb. non Vogel Cassia speciosa Kunth Cassia spectabilis DC. Cassia totonaca Sessé & Moç. Cassia trinitatis Reichb. ex DC. Cathartocarpus humboldtianus Loudon Cathartocarpus speciosus (DC.) G.Don. Cathartocarpus trinitatis (Reichb. ex DC.) G.Don. Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.) Britton & Rose
English name	spectacular senna; calceolaria shower (USA); pisabed (Belize); yellow shower (USA)
French name	séné spectaculaire; casse marron (Haiti); casse remarquable
Spanish name	aceitón ordinario (Bolivia); algarobillo, algarrobillo (Cuba); bruscón, cañafistol (Dominican Republic); cañafistola macho, cañafístula bobo (Venezuela); cañafístula cimarrona (Dominican Republic); cañafístula cimarróna (Venezuela); cañafístula macho (Colombia); cañasfistulas macho (Bolivia); canchín (Mexico); candelillo (Costa Rica, Honduras); carnaval (Bolivia); casia amarilla (Puerto Rico); chácaro (Dominican Republic); chiquichique (Venezuela); chucaro (Dominican Republic); frijolillo (Honduras, Peru); hediendillo (Bolivia); libertad (Dominican Republic); limocillo (Bolivia); mucutena, mucuteno (Venezuela); mutuy (Peru); pacaisillo (Bolivia); palo blanco (Honduras); pela burro (Dominican Republic); ramo (Bolivia); San Francisco marimari, San Francisco sabanero, tarantán, taratán (Venezuela); vainillo (Colombia, Costa Rica); vasito sucio (Venezuela); velero, velillo (Colombia)
Other name	ikasiya; parica (Brazil); kas mawon (creole, Haiti)
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