Fabaceae
Algarrobilla
Senna sophera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- কল্কাসুন্দা, কালকেসুন্দা, কারংকত, কাসমর্দ
- Burmese
- ကစော့ပုပ်ငယ်
- Chinese
- 槐叶决明, 槐葉决明, 茳芒决明, 望江南, 槐叶决明*(茳芒决明）, 茳芒, 茳芒根, 槐葉決明
- English
- Algarrobilla, Pepper leaved senna
- Gujarati
- કાસુંદરી
- Malayalam
- പൊന്നാന്തകര
- Tamil
- ஞாழல்
- Tongan
- Matui
Synonyms
- Cassia aegyptiaca Willd.
- Cassia atropurpurea Benth.
- Cassia atroviridis Span.
- Cassia canca Cav.
- Cassia chinensis Jacq.
- Cassia coromandeliana Jacq.
- Cassia esculenta Roxb.
- Cassia frutescens Mill.
- Cassia geminiflora Schrank
- Cassia indica Poir.
- Cassia lanceolata Pers.
- Cassia ligustrina Forssk. ex Benth.
- Cassia linearis Michx.
- Cassia occidentalis var. glabra DC.
- Cassia occidentalis var. sophera (L.) Kuntze
- Cassia patula Aiton
- Cassia proboscidea Pollard
- Cassia purpurea Roxb. ex Lindl.
- Cassia robinioides Willd.
- Cassia ruscifolia Jacq.
- Cassia socotrana Serrato
- Cassia sophera L.
- Cassia sophera subsp. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Bennet
- Cassia sophera var. ligustrinoides Benth.
- Cassia sophera var. penghuana Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
- Cassia sophera var. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Voigt
- Cassia sophera var. torulosa Benth.
- Cassia sopheroides Roxb.
- Cassia sopheroides Collad.
- Cassia torosa Cav.
- Cassia torulosa Poir.
- Chamaefistula chinensis G.Don
- Chamaefistula coromandelina (Jacq.) G.Don
- Chamaefistula sophera (L.) G.Don
- Chamaefistula torosa (Cav.) G.Don
- Ditremexa sophera (L.) Britton & Rose
- Octelisia aurea Raf.
- Senna esculenta Roxb.
- Senna lanceolata Link
- Senna occidentalis var. sophera (L.) X.Y.Zhu
and 6 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February, April (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yu-Chang Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lucia Klackova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yu-Chang Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, 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.