Fabaceae
Septicweed
Senna occidentalis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (20)
- Bambara
- Npalanpalan
- Bangla
- কলকাসুন্দা
- Burmese
- ကစော့ပုပ်
- Chinese
- 望江南, 望江南子
- dag
- Tikublaakum sabinle
- English
- Septicweed, Coffee senna, Mogdad coffee, Stephanie coffee
- Finnish
- Kahvisenna
- Haitian Creole
- Pwapyant
- Indonesian
- Kasingsat
- Japanese
- ハブソウ, はぶそう, 望江南
- Kannada
- ಆನೆಚಗಟೆ
- Kinyarwanda
- Umuyoka
- Malayalam
- ഊളൻ തകര, പൊന്നാവീരം
- nah
- Ehcapahtli
- Nepali
- ठूलो ताप्रे
- sg
- Këngëlêbä
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၵႅတ်ႉ
- Tamil
- பொன்னாவாரை, பொன் ஆவாரை
- Telugu
- కసింద, కసివింద
- Thai
- ชุมเห็ดเล็ก
Synonyms
- Cassia caroliniana Walter
- Cassia ciliata Raf.
- Cassia falcata L.
- Cassia foetida Willemet
- Cassia glaucescens Hoffmanns.
- Cassia macradenia Collad.
- Cassia obliquifolia Schrank
- Cassia occidentalis L.
- Cassia occidentalis (L.) Rose
- Cassia occidentalis var. arista sensu Hassk., non DC.
- Cassia occidentalis var. aristata Collad.
- Cassia occidentalis var. glabra Vogel
- Cassia papulosa Hoffmanns.
- Cassia planisiliqua L.
- Cassia planisiliqua Burm.f.
- Cassia plumieri DC.
- Diallobus falcatus (L.) Raf.
- Ditramexa occidentalis Britton & Rose
- Ditremexa caroliniana (Walter) Raf.
- Ditremexa fetida Raf.
- Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Rose
- Psilorhegma planisiliqua (L.) Britton & Rose
- Senna andhrica P.V.Ramana, J.Swamy & M.Ahmed.
- Senna occidentalis var. andhrica (P.V.Ramana, J.Swamy & M.Ahmed.) K.W.Jiang
- Senna orientalis Walp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 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.