Fabaceae
Java-bean
Senna obtusifolia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- سنا منفرج
- arz
- سينا اوبتوسيفوليا
- Cantonese
- 決明子
- Chinese
- 钝叶决明, 決明, 决明, 决明子, 马蹄决明, 假绿豆, 決明子, 草决明
- dag
- Kunduŋ bogole
- English
- Java-bean, Arsenic weed, Blunt-leaved senna, Chinese senna, Coffeeweed, Foetid senna, Sickle senna, Sicklepod
- ff
- Ubulo
- Finnish
- Soijasenna
- hif
- Chakorr
- Hindi
- चकवड़
- Japanese
- エビスグサ, えびすぐさ, 夷草, 恵比須草, 胡草
- lzh
- 決明
- Malayalam
- ചക്രത്തകര, Foetid Cassia, S. obtusifolia, ചക്രതകര, തകര
- Marathi
- टाकळा, तरोटा
- Portuguese
- Mata-pasto
- sg
- Kpäbänzä
- Swedish
- Sojasenna
- szy
- Nipaluma-dankace
- Vietnamese
- Thảo quyết minh
- za
- Cehyiengzmbeq
Synonyms
- Cassia obtusifolia L.
- Cassia rogeonii Ghesq.
- Cassia tora var. humilis Collad.
- Cassia tora var. humilis Pers.
- Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines
- Cassia toroides Roxb.
- Cassia toroides Raf.
- Emelista obtusifolia (L.) Raf.
- Senna tora var. obtusifolia (L.) X.Y.Zhu
- Senna toroides Roxb.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 331 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emily Abrego, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The original uploader was Pollinator at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Mowbray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: lejones417, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.