Fabaceae
Alexandrian senna
Senna alexandrina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (27)
- ace
- Seunamaki
- Arabic
- سنا إسكندراني, سنا إسكندران, سنا أكيوتوفوليا, سنا أكيوتيفوليا, سنا حجازي, سنا مكي, سنامكا
- arz
- سنا اسكندرانى
- azb
- سیوریارپاق سنا
- Catalan
- Senet de l'Índia, Sen
- Chinese
- 番泻, 番泻叶, 番瀉
- English
- Alexandrian senna, East Indian senna, Egyptian senna, Tinnevelly senna
- Finnish
- Aleksandriansenna
- French
- Séné, Sene
- German
- Alexandrinische Senna, Sennes
- Hindi
- सनाय
- Indonesian
- Jati Cina
- Japanese
- センナ, センシノド, センナ茶, センノシド, ソルダナ, プルセニド
- Kannada
- ಸೋನಾಮುಖಿ
- Korean
- 센나
- Latvian
- Smaillapu kasija
- Lithuanian
- Siauralapė velniapupė
- Malayalam
- നിലവാക, Alexandrian Senna, East Indian Senna, Egyptian Senna, Indian Senna, Tinnevelly Senna, ചിന്നാമുക്കി, ചെന്നാമുക്കി
- Persian
- سنا
- Polish
- Strączyniec ostrolistny, Siężybób wąskolistny, Strączyniec wąskolistny
- Portuguese
- Sene
- Russian
- Сенна александрийская, Александрийский лист
- Serbian
- Александријска сена
- Tamil
- நிலாவாரை, நிலவாகை, நிலாவிரை
- Telugu
- సునాముఖి, నేలతంగేడు, స్వర్ణపత్రి
- Thai
- มะขามแขก
- Ukrainian
- Сенна, Александрійський лист, Касія, Касія вузьколиста
Synonyms
- Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell.
- Cassia alexandrina (Mill.) Spreng.
- Cassia angustifolia M.Vahl
- Cassia senna L.
Flowers
- In flower
- December (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sengai Podhuvan, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.