Fabaceae

Port Royal senna

Senna italica Mill.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Senna

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Port Royal senna (Senna italica) — FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Azerbaijani: Tərs yumurtаvаri sənа
Chinese: 意大利决明, 意大利腊肠树指名亚种
English: Port Royal senna, Italian senna
Finnish: Italiansenna
Haitian Creole: Sene
Hausa: Filasko
Persian: سنای مکی
Quechua: Urqu mut'uy, Anchurapa, Urqu mutuyllu

Synonyms

Cassia italica (Mill.) F.W.Andrews
Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.
Cassia italica subsp. italica
Cassia ligustrina Mill.
Cassia obovata Collad.
Cassia obtusa Roxb.
Senna obovata Link

Flowers

In flower: September to May (from 99 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nogga_Eugene, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.